Curacao - June 2006

Curacao - June 2006

Photo by: Monty Chandler

There are times in life when you are very pleasantly surprised - my first dive in Curacao was one of those experiences. While planning a family vacation my brother-in-law suggested that we may want to bring our dive gear and do a little shore diving in Curacao.

So with that little bit of background, upon arriving in Curacao we rented a car and drove about 45 minutes over to a little resort called Habitat Curacao. As walk-on shore divers we were treated wonderfully by the staff there. They have a great facility complete with showers, lockers, rinse tanks, an onsite restaraunt and very easy entry/exit into the water. They have a rope that goes out to the wall from the pier which makes navigation a breeze! And the beauty of the coral on that wall is spectacular! The marine life is abundant to say the least - as well as diverse. Imagine - two scorpianfish within minutes of each other! Eels, parrot fish, peacock flouder, schools of fish, etc.

The only down side was that we were only there long enough to do two shore dives. No problem though - we're heading back at the end of July to spend several days in Curacao diving the sites on the island. And yes, we were impressed enough with the Habitat facilities that we are going to stay with them as well. I'm looking forward to waking at 6 am and doing a wonderful dive before breakfast each day!

I'll let ya know how that trips goes in about a month. Stay tuned.

Cheers and safe diving to ya,

Monty

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