Vaersenbaai is one of our favorite dive sites on Curaçao. Not only because it has a terrific reef with a very nice drop off, but there are so many other highlights that you can’t fit them all into a single dive. While the massive car wrecks, metal shark sculpture and sunken pontoon offer (fairly deep) artificial objects, a swim along the base of the towering cliffs provides a completely different ecosystem. I have not seen so many brain corals in one place.

We also caught a few fish and other creatures that were new to us, which is always exciting. During several day dives, we saw a flamefish, cero and sailors choice, while a Caribbean furry lobster and cup corallimorph were highlights on the night dive.

We want to encourage more shore diving, so this video provides some guidance where the site is, how to dive it and what you may see there. If you want to skip to or review specific topics, the section timings are as follows.

0:26 Site Background/Description
2:32 Site Logistics
4:52 Dive Profile
7:57 Sea Life
10:50 Night Diving

Please add a comment and let us know what you saw there.

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