PLAYA PISCADO
Curaçao
Playa Piscado or Playa Grandi is a beautiful dive site near the town of Westpunt on Curacoa. Playa Piscado is covered with beautiful fields of corals and gorgonians. Snappers, trumpet fish and turtles are permanent residents. The dive site is famous for its turtles. The turtles are spotted in the shallows around 5 meters.
Particulars
Playa Piscado is a typical fishing beach with authentic Curacao fishing boats and nets. Enter the water from the beach. After a swim you'll come across the statue of Neptune. This statue is sunk by the fishermen to ensure a safe return and a good catch.
Warnings
Watch out for the fishing boats leaving Playa Piscado beach. Respect the fishermen. Don't touch the turtles.
PLAYA PISCADO Features
- Nicknames
- Playa Piscardó, Playa Grandi
- Address
- Westpunt Curacoa
- Parking
- Parking at fishing port
- Distance
- 15 m.
- Suitable for
- All levels, snorkeling
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Hospitality
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive, boat dive, snorkeling
- Current
- Variable, strong, limited
- Visibility
- 20 - 30 m.
- Average visibility
- 25 m.
- Depth
- 40 m.
- Bottom
- zand en koraal
- Life
- Trumpetfish, grouper, grouper, turtle
- Other recreation
- Boating, yachting, jet-ski
- Emergency
- 912
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