OSWALDO'S DROP OFF
Curaçao
Oswaldo's Drop Off is a dive site with many facilities because it is located at the Ocean Encounters dive resort. Dive over the beautiful reef in front of the Sunscap Resort, with different types of corals and sponges. Reef fish you'll find here include doctor fish, trumpet fish, parrot fish and much more.
Particulars
Oswaldo's Drop Off is only accessible via the Ocean Encounters diving school. Dive over the shallow plateau on your way to the drop off which starts at a depth of about 10 meters. The reef runs down to 40 meters and consists of various types of corals and sponges, including wire corals, finger corals and tube sponges. Dive site Car Pile Marie Pampoen is with some difficulty just accessible.
Warnings
There can sometimes be an unexpected strong current at Oswaldo's Drop Off. Unexperienced divers should not enter the water under these conditions.
OSWALDO'S DROP OFF Features
- Nicknames
- Oswaldo's Drop Off
- Address
- Fleur de Marie, Willemstad, Curaçao
- Parking
- Sufficient parking
- Distance
- 20 m.
- Suitable for
- All levels
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Paid diving
- Facilities
- Dive center and hotel facilities , fill station, sinks
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive
- Current
- Limited, sometimes strong
- Visibility
- 20 - 30 m.
- Average visibility
- 25 m.
- Depth
- 40 m.
- Bottom
- zand
- Life
- Blue tang, parrotfish, drumfish and sweetlip, squirrelfish, trumpetfish
- Other recreation
- Beach recreation
- Emergency
- 912
Current weather conditions
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