 Here are the hottest diving spots on Curacau:
Playa Kalki (Alice in Wonderland)
Playa Kalki, also called Alice in Wonderland, one of the best dive sites on Curacao, is a perfect spot for a day at the beach with divers, snorkelers and sun lovers. "Kalki" refers to the limestone in the surrounding cliffs. This little cove is located in Westpunt below Kadushi Cliffs Resort. With no amenities on the beach, divers are welcome to climb the steps leading up from the beach and visit the resort for lunch or drinks. It is one of the top 10 dive sites on the island, so you will often encounter other divers underwater or at the beach. Bring or wear equipment down the long flight of steps at the edge of the parking lot. Coral and sand debris cover the bottom at the entry. And you may enter directly in line with the buoy. Average visibility here is about 30 mtrs (100 ft) and the distance to swim from shore is about three minutes to the wall which drops to below 18 mtrs (60 ft). Although occasionally the current can be strong and unpredictable, wave action is generally calm with little current. You should be aware of jetski's overhead. You may meet up with green moray eels, lobsters, and mushroom shaped star coral formations, as well as a wide array of colorful reef fish. There are large areas of sheet or plate coral below 30 mtrs (100 ft).
Mushroom Forest & the Cave
San Nicolas area offers plenty of superb sites. And you could easily spend several days on this area just diving and exploring. These spots are for the adventurous, as they are rather "off the beaten path". The landscape is nothing short of spectacular. There are no amenities. And it is rather difficult to enter the water, due to the high cliffs, so contact one of the local dive operators for a boat dive. The place is named Mushroom Forest as the large number of mountainous star coral growing vertical on a sandy plateau for a "Forest of mushrooms". The coral heads have been bio-eroded at their base to narrow columns by boring clams and sponges and the mushroom shapes occurred. They are a great haven for tiny sea creatures. The site can be quite disorientating so a compass can come in very useful. You may explore a large cave along the cliff side where you will often spot schools of fingerlings, and from time to time a nurse shark can be found sleeping under the ledge. Average visibility is about 26 m (85 ft), wave action is calm and sometimes the current can be strong; the depth varies from 12 m (40 ft) to 18 m (60 ft). Abundant species of fish and coral can be encountered here; flower corals, giant brain corals, anemones, turtles, porcupine fish, smooth trunkfish, yellowtail snapper, parrotfish, grouper, spotted drums, spotted morays, green morays, lobster and conch.
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