a school of Small mouth Grunt
a pair of Banded Butterfly fish explore the sandy ocean floor
Nature at work at the Antilla wreck
Grunts in hiding
a Hawksbil Turtle rests at the bottom
a blue Parrot fish
a resting Sting Ray
a French Angler fish
a handful of seastar
soft coral, waving in the current
diving Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao
The ABC islands are a diver's paradise.
In particular
Bonaire consistently scores very high on best dive destinations in the
Caribbean, while Aruba and Curacao are also frequently mentioned.
I have logged dozens of scuba dives here, some sites multiple
times, and found no real difference between the islands.
If you prefer shore dives, Bonaire is the place to go. Just wade
out and dive!
For wreck dives like the
Antilla and the Pedernalis or a Convair-400 airplane you
better head for Aruba.
The
Superior Producer is Curacao's main dive attraction, but visiting times are severely limited because the wreck rests
only 60 meters from the shore, right in the the middle of a busy shipping lane.
And currents can be challenging
and treacheurous here.
This album shows a selection of photos taken between 1996 and 2007 with different
equipment, so picture quality is not always that good.
a 1 meter long Great Barracuda swims by, better not interfere..
a four eyed Butterfly fish
are Grunts using the finger coral as hiding place
a burly Balloon fish
an orange File fish
at the Antilla wreck
