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Thanks--this was really helpfulWe had a week at Habitat recently. The reef is in good condition and only a short swim out. There's a guide cable running out to the 30m line that makes navigation a breeze.
The only thing we found was very little life on the reef just after it gets dark. If you intend to do night dives do them well after dark, at least 3 - 4 hours after. Since you can dive 24 hours it's not an issue. Have dinner first.
Speaking of which, the food is excellent although you may find the service slow at times.
Rooms are big and spacious, great for divers.
WiFi in the reception area for a small fee.
Curacao is one of the few places where I saw more air-fill stations than gas stations.
THanks for the info--The DIve Bus looks interesting!Hi there Nancyrobin,
Curacao's reefs are in great shape and perfect for spotting macro life (you'll be disappointed if you come here hoping to see the big guys). There's more info about diving in Curacao starting here if you're interested: The Dive Bus - DIVING CURACAO as well as a break down between East and West sites, as well as individual dive sites.
The focus is on shore diving, which is what we specialise in, but it applies for boat diving too should you choose to go that way.
The Habitat dive op used to be EasyDivers, but it's now changed ownership to Diversity.
If you need any other info, please feel free to PM me.
Happy planning
Suzy
The Dive Bus - HOME
THanks for the info, especially about waiting a while after dark for night dives!We had a week at Habitat recently. The reef is in good condition and only a short swim out. There's a guide cable running out to the 30m line that makes navigation a breeze.
The only thing we found was very little life on the reef just after it gets dark. If you intend to do night dives do them well after dark, at least 3 - 4 hours after. Since you can dive 24 hours it's not an issue. Have dinner first.
Speaking of which, the food is excellent although you may find the service slow at times.
Rooms are big and spacious, great for divers.
WiFi in the reception area for a small fee.
Curacao is one of the few places where I saw more air-fill stations than gas stations.
THanks for the info, especially the tip about waiting a while for night dives!We had a week at Habitat recently. The reef is in good condition and only a short swim out. There's a guide cable running out to the 30m line that makes navigation a breeze.
The only thing we found was very little life on the reef just after it gets dark. If you intend to do night dives do them well after dark, at least 3 - 4 hours after. Since you can dive 24 hours it's not an issue. Have dinner first.
Speaking of which, the food is excellent although you may find the service slow at times.
Rooms are big and spacious, great for divers.
WiFi in the reception area for a small fee.
Curacao is one of the few places where I saw more air-fill stations than gas stations.
Your description of the reefs gets me really excited about going there, and the pictures were great! Thanks so much!I'll chime in - I returned on April 4th from a week's dive vacation in Curacao. I did not stay at Habitat so I cannot comment on them. I will comment on the conditions of the reefs.
I did both shore and boat diving - shore diving with the Dive Bus at thier house reef called Peribaai and boat diving with Ocean Encounters from the Breezes hotel.
The Peribaai reef is amazing!! To be able to step into the water from the beach and then dive on a reef wall full of life was a first. I'm used to boat diving so this was such a nice treat.
The boat dives to Beacon Point, Barracuda Point, Bullen Bay, Snake Bay, Mushroom Forest, Porte Mari, Smokey and Cornelius Bay were also amazing. If you can get out to Mushroom Forest and Porte Mari the reefs are very lush a teaming with life - the sites were about 1 1/2 hour boat ride (I think Westward) but well worth it.
I compare the reefs at Curacao to the reefs I saw last year while doing a liveaboard trip with Nekton - the Medio Reef Bahamas itinerary. I thought I had seen lush, unspoiled reefs with tons of fish - big and small, amazing coral formations, etc...until Curacao. To be out in the middle of nowhere in the Bahamas you get pristine reefs and Curacao could go ahead to head with them. I was very happy at how healthy things were.
This was my second trip where I was diving to shoot underwater pics and my favourite place was at Peribaai Reef - on my last day of diving! I got pics of an octopus, lots of tiny shrimps and arrowhead crabs on huge anenomes, a lizard fish, lots of eels...and I could go on.
I've posted some pics so I'll let them speak for themselves.
Safe Diving.
I really didn't mean to initiate a spat, guys--lighten up.fftopic: And the relevance to a question about Habitat is? :focus: