Curaçao
Shore dives, wrecks and drop-offs along Curaçao’s leeward coast. 12 dive sites, each with species by month from open records, NOAA reef heat stress and cited local rules.
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Dive sites
Coordinates: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) dive-site nodes, plus two Wikidata (CC0) reef items. Crowd-sourced, approximate positions. They mark each site in general, not an entry point.
Local rules
Rules we can cite from official sources. Check them yourself before you dive; they change.
- We have not yet found an official source for local dive rules here, so we list none. Ask your operator and check official notices before you dive.
The reef right now
As of 2026-10-13, NOAA Coral Reef Watch puts its “Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire” region at 1.3 °C-weeks of accumulated heat stress (status: Bleaching Warning). That's a region-wide satellite value, not a reading from any one site.
Most-recorded species
- Boulder star coral (138)
- Banded Basslet (131)
- French Grunt (126)
- Slope Bass (126)
- Roughtongue Bass (118)
- Jeweled Gemfish (105)
- Yellow-spotted Golden Bass (104)
- Bicolor Damselfish (99)
- Red barbier (99)
- Spinythroat Scorpionfish (97)
- Dusky Squirrelfish (94)
- Lettuce Coral (91)
GBIF.org (2026-10-15), CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records within about 1 km of these 12 sites (52,088 records). Counts reflect survey effort, not abundance.
Conditions
Official forecasts first. There is no NOAA NDBC buoy close enough to be useful here, so we link the official local forecast only.