Daydreaming of Curacao

[Jaan]

Well, as we wind down our holiday here I did feel the need to shout out the De Visserij Piscadera. This local seafood spot had quite the line but served the best seafood we had on our holiday. Worth the trek and the wait!

Nat and I will work on a Curaçao review we can post but the spoiler is : awesome diving!
Thanks to everyone for the tips on dive sites and prior reviews.

 

[Rearviewmirror]

Well, as we wind down our holiday here I did feel the need to shout out the De Visserij Piscadera. This local seafood spot had quite the line but served the best seafood we had on our holiday. Worth the trek and the wait!

Nat and I will work on a Curaçao review we can post but the spoiler is : awesome diving!
Thanks to everyone for the tips on dive sites and prior reviews.
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De Visserij is amazing! Just as a heads up, I did a trip report a couple weeks back in case you want to save yourself some typing on any bits I covered

 

[Jaan]

De Visserij is amazing! Just as a heads up, I did a trip report a couple weeks back in case you want to save yourself some typing on any bits I covered

Great report @Rearviewmirror and we miss Curacao already!!

Nathalie wrote up our trip on her blog including some reviews of the Marriott resort and some Curacao land based activities, namely the parks and caves. Thought I'd share them here for anyone planning a trip to Curacao.

While a traditional hotel is not always the best for diving (we've gotten a lot of dirty looks while carrying our wet dive bags through various hotel lobbies), we found the formula worked pretty well in Curacao. Nat and I are both divers, but many have non-diving spouses/friends who would enjoy the nice beach with all the amenities here.

Anyway, too much to post with all the pics, so I'll just put links to Nat's blog.
She has some of our other trips written up there too.

Diving the Clear Waters of Curaçao

Scuba diving Curaçao top dive sites: Tugboat, Mushroom Forest. Shore and boat diving with Goby Divers and Go West Divers. Curaçao dive trip

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Scuba Diving Vacation at the Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort

Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort scuba diving vacation review. Boat trip and shore diving with Curaçao Goby Divers. Scuba diving trip in Curaçao

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5 Land-Based Activities to Do in Curaçao

Activities and places to visit in Curaçao: Christoffel and Shete Boka national parks, Hats Caves, Willemstad, Fort Beekenburg, Island Tour

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Were ready to head back and already miss those crystal clear waters ...

 

[Rearviewmirror]

Great report @Rearviewmirror and we miss Curacao already!!

Nathalie wrote up our trip on her blog including some reviews of the Marriott resort and some Curacao land based activities, namely the parks and caves. Thought I'd share them here for anyone planning a trip to Curacao.

While a traditional hotel is not always the best for diving (we've gotten a lot of dirty looks while carrying our wet dive bags through various hotel lobbies), we found the formula worked pretty well in Curacao. Nat and I are both divers, but many have non-diving spouses/friends who would enjoy the nice beach with all the amenities here.

Anyway, too much to post with all the pics, so I'll just put links to Nat's blog.
She has some of our other trips written up there too.

Diving the Clear Waters of Curaçao

Scuba diving Curaçao top dive sites: Tugboat, Mushroom Forest. Shore and boat diving with Goby Divers and Go West Divers. Curaçao dive trip

freedomtourtravel.com

Scuba Diving Vacation at the Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort

Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort scuba diving vacation review. Boat trip and shore diving with Curaçao Goby Divers. Scuba diving trip in Curaçao

freedomtourtravel.com

5 Land-Based Activities to Do in Curaçao

Activities and places to visit in Curaçao: Christoffel and Shete Boka national parks, Hats Caves, Willemstad, Fort Beekenburg, Island Tour

freedomtourtravel.com

Were ready to head back and already miss those crystal clear waters ...

Excellent write ups! Next time check out Double Reef - my guide said 99% of the time you'll see turtles

 

[Saturated and satisfied]

It's almost the weekend.... it's almost happy hour hope you all have a great weekend!

I invite you to check out this amazing video I recently filmed of a gorgeous Frogfish and a little pea fish as I like to call them....

 

[Saturated and satisfied]

Check out how small this Frogfish is!!! Super stoked to have found this one sitting in the yellow pencil coral.

 

[Saturated and satisfied]

If you've frequented Curacao, you've probably heard that nudibranch are not common here. Well, we're proving ourselves wrong lately, and have been seeing them more and more often. Fingers crossed they multiply and everyone can soon enjoy these awesome creatures This one was about an inch long.

 

[Saturated and satisfied]

Don't skip a night dive in Curacao! You're more likely to see cool critters like octopus and eels swimming around, lobsters and crabs coming out from the rocks, and loads of other cool stuff.

And for some reason, we see both of our resident seahorses together more often at night!

Anyone else have cool Curacao night dive stories and/or photos to share?

 

[dmaziuk]

These are from a few years ago:

 

[dmaziuk]

PS. now that I think about, that squid made a couple of circles around us, decided we weren't interesting, and bolted with literally a sonic boom. I knew they can go, but I never realized they can accelerate from 0 to 100 in under a second -- which is what it felt like.