Diving in ABC islands.

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[nldunn]

Thanks for those infos, but in general, how were the divings, lots of action UW or was just corals with some small fish and this and that ? I am a sucker for seeing big stuff UW and lots of action like Komodo, Raja-ampat, sipadan island etc .. etc ... ok ok I am perhaps asking for too much now I know LOL.
And I do guess that UW will be like in Egypt and some places in Thailand the only thing you will see are hordes of divers, right 'cause this is really what I want to avoid.

QUOTE="boulderjohn, post: 10394430, member: 32540"]
I did all three islands on one vacation with my non-diving wife. What follows is a summary that may or may not be helpful.

Aruba has some very nice beaches and mediocre but passable diving. The resorts are the best of the three islands, too. Our stay there was tainted by the fact that it was a couple weeks after the killing of Natalie Holloway, so the island was in a bit of a stir, but it should be your choice if you are willing to do the mediocre diving while she enjoys the beach.

Bonaire was the opposite--very nice diving with nearly no nice beaches. They were mostly composed of coral rubble. The city is not the greatest place to hang out.

Curacao was in-between. It has a nice, colorful capital city, reminiscent of cities in Holland. The reefs are very much like Bonaire's, so you can have great diving. It also has some very nice beaches, ranging from deserted sand beaches to beaches with all the amenities. In Bonaire, you drive along the long rubble beach, looking at little signs telling you the names of dive sites along the way. In Curacao, most of the shore is cliff, with some openings to beaches. The road is inland, with signs telling you how to get to those beaches. You can dive off of any of them.

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I know this is old but I wanted to respond anyway.
I was going to scuba in Curacao this past November (2024) but had a stomach issue so I just snorkeled with divers who went below us. No place was crowded with divers underwater that I saw. We went off Director's Bay and there were the three divers with us who went down the wall to about 50 feet and two divers exploring at about 30 feet. Another day, another beach, the divers with us went down a wall to about 60 feet and we snorkeled in about 30 feet of water.
The water is beautiful! We saw tons of fish at Director's Bay and a seahorse and a number of eagle rays. Tons of parrot fish and it's not like I've seen in Asia where you are often swimming in the middle of thousands of fish but that did happen a few times and we were just snorkeling!
I really loved Curacao and am going back with my husband this time and my Pepto Bismol!!