Daydreaming of Curacao

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I remember wearing that once in the distant past. Not this time....

Soon, my friend, soon and if not this then I have plenty more! Can I offer you a covid free Lucha Libre mask. useful for travel too!

 

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Hello from Curacao - wanted to share a little update on the island ) Water temps are still holding steady at 27*C/81*F! It's been windy lately, but that cool breeze is a nice relief from the hot sun

Bring your mates and convince them to try diving!

 

[vatty]

Hello from Curacao - wanted to share a little update on the island ) Water temps are still holding steady at 27*C/81*F! It's been windy lately, but that cool breeze is a nice relief from the hot sun

Bring your mates and convince them to try diving!

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not gonna lie, that looks cold to me! The first week I was here, I would have been fine just diving in my swimming gear. Since the water temperatures where around 29/30°C (84.2/86°F). Now that time has past, I am wearing a thermo guard, and a full 3mm. Also contemplating a 5mm. An hour dive in 26/27°C (78.8/80.6°F) can be a little chilly.

Anybody coming to the island, and are more prone to feeling cold - bring a full 3mm or even a 5mm.

And for you diehards out there, diving in colder water in 5mm. Good for you! I'll just chicken out!

 

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not gonna lie, that looks cold to me! The first week I was here, I would have been fine just diving in my swimming gear. Since the water temperatures where around 29/30°C (84.2/86°F). Now that time has past, I am wearing a thermo guard, and a full 3mm. Also contemplating a 5mm. An hour dive in 26/27°C (78.8/80.6°F) can be a little chilly.

Anybody coming to the island, and are more prone to feeling cold - bring a full 3mm or even a 5mm.

And for you diehards out there, diving in colder water in 5mm. Good for you! I'll just chicken out!

Hi, Vatty. You have been living here for 4+ months now and your body is now getting accustomed to the water temperatures. This is common and for those of us that live and work in these waters it does feel a little chilly. Agreed this also depends on your body type. For many divers coming in from either Europe or North America the water temperature is quite temperate in comparison to the temperatures they are coming from and therefore this feels like a bathtub to them. Having been diving throughout the Caribbean for 20+years now, Curacao has some of the warmest waters I have worked in and would not recommend that people bring full 5mm wetsuits to dive in right now for 3 - 5 days of diving unless they are petit and prone to getting cold. What with todays luggage challenges/costs and bringing other equipment in this seems overkill to me. We are in the southern Caribbean after all.

 

[vatty]

Curacao has some of the warmest waters I have worked in and would not recommend that people bring full 5mm wetsuits to dive in right now for 3 - 5 days of diving unless they are petit and prone to getting cold.

I fully agree with you, that is also why I stated that if people are more prone to feeling cold, they should bring it. Otherwise I fully understand that they should definitely not bring it.

 

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Wanted to share this video we took today at Kokomo!

 

[the3dwizard]

Daydreaming of Curacao so going back this July! Bringing my brother and SIL law so someone to dive and snorkel with. Now just to decided on the dives.

 

[Redtwo]

just came back from great trip to Curacao! Love the island and the diving.
saw a manta at eastpoint, which was amazing (and unexpected!). And also the same seahorse above is posted at Kokomo
also heaps of Tarpon at the bridge. on all the other dives beautiful coral and all the usual curacao stuff

the picture of the manta is quite unclear and far away (but visible!). Also have a video, but it fails to upload (mp4 seems not supported).

Was taking blind photo's/video while actually looking at it and swimming hard towards it against the current (which wasn't a real succes, they are build for this....).

 

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Happy to hear some of you are planning trips to or just returning from Curacao!

There are a lot of juvenile fish around lately, some hanging around in big schools. Brown chromis are the most populous, but you'll also see everyone's favorite trunkfish & spotted drum, schools of blue tang, French grunt and many others ) It's a great time to be in the water, even in the Caribbean winter waters of 26*C/79*F.

 

[lexvil]

Was supposed to be on the way today…airline had other ideas but back on for mid April!!