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Curaçao Diving Tours

Explore pristine coral reefs, dramatic walls, and historic shipwrecks in crystal-clear Caribbean waters with world-class visibility

25+ tours
From $135
2-3 hours
Curaçao Diving Tours

Curaçao is a world-renowned diving destination featuring over 65 pristine dive sites, dramatic drop-offs, vibrant coral gardens, and fascinating shipwrecks. The island's location outside the hurricane belt ensures year-round calm conditions with visibility often exceeding 100 feet. From the famous Mushroom Forest to the Blue Room cave, from shallow coral gardens perfect for beginners to challenging wall dives for experts, Curaçao's underwater realm showcases Caribbean marine life at its finest. Shore diving is exceptionally accessible with many spectacular sites just steps from the beach, while boat dives unlock remote locations and dramatic topography. Whether you're earning your certification or logging your 500th dive, Curaçao's warm waters, healthy reefs, and abundant marine life deliver unforgettable underwater adventures.

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Curacao Helmet Diving-Walk the Ocean Floor, No Swimming Required
From $150
Free Cancellation

What Sets This Experience Apart: Ever walked on the ocean floor surrounded by thousands of colorful tropical fish? At Sea TREK in Curaçao, you’ll explore one of the top 3 natural underwater walking paths in the global Sea TREK franchise a 100 meter route lined with vibrant coral and marine life. During the tour, we feed the fish, creating an unforgettable moment as schools of fish swirl around you. It’s a unique, magical experience you’ll only find at our Curaçao location. You’ll wear a custom designed Sea TREK helmet that weighs 32 kg (70 lbs) above water and just 6 kg (15 lbs) underwater. A blue air hose supplies 3x more air than needed, keeping your face and hair completely dry, no mouthpieces, no tanks, and no swimming skills required. Perfect for families, first-time underwater explorers, and even non swimmers. Professional photo and video packages are available, so you can share your underwater memories!

4.8(776)
1h
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Discover Diving in Curacao
From $125

The introduction session will take approximately 4 hours. This is partly theory about diving, the dangers and how to dive safely. After this theory session you'll go to the tugboat dive spot or dive at Caracasbaai with the possibility of Turtles. This is open water, but the first part is defined as confined water. When everybody is comfortable, you'll descend one by one to work on equalization and to perform the exercises. After this is all done there is a dive tour to a maximum depth of 12 meters.

5.0(890)
4h
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SNUBA Adventure in Curacao - Guided Shallow Dive
From $135
Free Cancellation

Discover the best of both worlds with SNUBA - the perfect mix of snorkeling and scuba! Unlike traditional snorkeling, SNUBA lets you dive deeper and stay underwater longer without needing any scuba certification. It’s an exciting yet accessible adventure that gives you the freedom to breathe easily and explore the ocean at your own pace. Perfect for confident swimmers of all skill levels, this experience lets you swim through vibrant coral reefs, encounter fascinating marine life, and create unforgettable memories beneath the surface. Don’t miss your chance to explore the underwater world of Curaçao in a way that’s immersive, exciting, and beginner friendly — only with SNUBA!

4.9(16)
1h 30m
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Introduction Shore Dive with Scubaçao (1 dive)
From $130
Free Cancellation

Try Scuba Diving Today! No experience necessary! We will take you to see the underwater world of Curaçao and you will love it! We start with a small briefing at our dive shop and then go diving in an amazing place on the island. We offer a small group and fun. We take you around our coral nursery so you can also see how we are growing corals around the island. IMPORTANT! You need to check a medical form. and also you will need 12 hours between your dive and your flight!

4.9(108)
3h 30m
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Personalized Discover Scuba Dive Experience in Curaçao
From $129
Free Cancellation

Ready to try scuba diving for the first time? At Soul Divers, we make it easy and fun. You’ll get to explore one of Curaçao’s most beautiful reefs, full of colorful corals and tropical fish. We’ll pick you up from your place and take you to the dive spot. Once there, we’ll go over everything step by step, so you’ll feel comfortable and confident before your first dive. Then it’s time to jump in! Float weightlessly through crystal-clear waters, see amazing marine life up close, and just enjoy the moment. It’s a magical experience you’ll remember long after you leave the water.

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3h 30m
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Discover Scuba Dive in Curacao
From $125
Free Cancellation👤Private Tour

The introduction dive is a 3 hour fun, beautiful and memorable experience at Curacao. One of our PADI professionals will give you a brief theory session, including an explanation about the dive equipment, the rules of diving and the underwater world. This course is a quick and simple learn to dive program. 

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3h
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2 Tank Guided Dive half-day
From $145
Free Cancellation

Are you a certified diver and like to do some guided dives at Curacao? Then this is the right package for you! We offer two dives at two different dive sites. For the half-day tour, we offer a few dive sites. All these dive sites have their own unique qualities. Jan Thiel Bay is our beautiful house reef with a gorgeous plateau. Director’s Bay offers a beautiful wall drop full of colorful corals. Tugboat is a dive site with a small wreck and a beautiful overgrown pier. La palapa is known for its many turtles. Last but not least is Marie Pampoen, here you will find a nice reef with the best know car pile of the island. Remains of a big crane and some trucks can be seen here. We would love to show you around these dive sights. At our dive center we take pride in our ability to provide you with the best underwater experience possible. Our certified and knowledgeable instructors will provide you with information about our reef, and all the marine life that you spot on your dive.

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4h 30m
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PADI Discover Scuba Dive at 5 Star Dive Center Blue Bay Dive, Curacao
From $125
Free Cancellation

Discover a whole new world! With the PADI Discover Scuba Dive you will explore step by step the beautiful underwater world of Curacao. Blue Bay Beach is the spot to try this, due to an easy entrance, a calm bay, and a healthy reef. As a PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Center, our customer's service and safety are top priority.

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2h
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Guided Shore Dive for Certified Divers with Scubaçao (1 tank)
From $110
Free Cancellation

Only for Certified Divers! At Scubaçao we take pride in providing some of the most customized guided dive trips on the island. From beautiful wrecks and the steep and amazing drop-offs on the eastern side of the island to the healthy and lush coral reefs in the west, we’ll take you there. We provide a unique and personalized dive experience to both experienced and novice divers. Due to small groups and personal attention we always try to help people to become better divers while enjoying the rich beauty of our reefs.

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PADI Discover Scuba Dive at Coral Divers Curacao
From $125
Free Cancellation

One of our PADI dive professionals will take you on your first dive adventure. After a short theory session, you will go into the water. and make a beautiful dive on one of our house reefs.

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2h
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Discover Diving in Curaçao with Transportation Included
From $145
Free Cancellation

We are a PADI 5-star Diving Center with more than 25 years of experience. With the accompaniment of our professionals and in our facilities you will feel safe. With this diving plan, you do not require experience, you will learn with us, you will be in a small group which will allow you to have a totally personalized attention. We will pick you up at the Hotel or Port, followed by a session of approximately 1 hour and a half in confined waters, you will have the opportunity to feel comfortable with the equipment and learn the basic rules of diving. Then we will take you to discover for the first time that you feel free under the sea and enjoy the wide diversity of fish, corals, turtles and underwater shipwrecks.

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4h
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Guided Shore Dive for Certified Divers with Scubaçao (2 tank)
From $155
Free Cancellation

Only for Certified Divers! At Scubaçao we take pride in providing some of the most customized guided dive trips on the island. From beautiful wrecks and the steep and amazing drop-offs on the eastern side of the island to the healthy and lush coral reefs in the west, we’ll take you there. We provide a unique and personalized dive experience to both experienced and novice divers. Due to small groups and personal attention we always try to help people to become better divers while enjoying the rich beauty of our reefs.

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5h
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Refresher Dive
From $129
Free Cancellation

If it’s been 18 months or more since your last dive, we’ll get you, your skills and your knowledge ‘refreshed’ so that you’re safe, comfortable and confident in the water, more info on our website here. The Refresher dive includes a thorough briefing, practise of safety skills in the shallows and a full dive up to an hour on our beautiful House Reef.

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3h
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Half Day Diving adventure with Transportation Included
From $135
Free Cancellation

Enjoy this 2 inmersions shore dive in one of the best destinations in the Caribbean. Come with one of the most experienced diving schools on the island. You will live a unique shore diving experience in a small group of divers guided by our experts who will accompany you to explore the best diving spots, which They have a great variety of marine fauna, coral reefs and submarine wrecks. We transport you in a comfortable minivan to all the diving sites, we pick you up and take you to your hotel or port. Our attention is totally personalized, feel free to express your concerns and if you want to improve your diving technique, this is the right school for you, our professionals will be happy to help you while you enjoy the experience of an incredible shore diving in warm waters with good visibility. Remember that this activity IS ONLY FOR CERTIFIED DIVERS .

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5h
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Guided Shore Dive for Certified Divers at The Wall, Blue Bay Curacao
From $40
Free Cancellation

Explore the beautiful house reef of Blue Bay, Curacao! At Blue Bay Dive & Watersports we have two gorgeous house reefs right in front of our doorstep. Both reefs can be easily accessed from the beach of Blue Bay. 'The Garden' features a beautiful landscape of corals, while 'The Wall' offers dramatic views and large schools of fish. A dive professional of PADI 5 Star Dive Center Blue Bay Dive will guide you at these beautiful sites, securing your safety and pointing out highlights during the dive.

4.9(99)
2h
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Why Choose Diving Tours in Curaçao?

Year-Round Perfect Conditions

Outside hurricane belt with calm waters, 27-29°C temps, and 100+ feet visibility 365 days.

65+ Accessible Dive Sites

Abundant shore dive sites walkable from parking plus boat-only spots for variety.

Pristine Coral Reefs

Healthy coral gardens with minimal bleaching, abundant marine life, and protected marine park.

All Experience Levels

From shallow beginner-friendly reefs to challenging deep walls and wreck penetrations.

Types of Diving Tours in Curaçao

Shore Diving

Walk into world-class dive sites from the beach. Curaçao's specialty with easy access to spectacular reefs.

No boat requiredFlexible timingMultiple dives per dayCost-effectiveSpectacular sites

Boat Diving

Explore remote sites, dramatic walls, and locations inaccessible from shore aboard comfortable dive boats.

Remote locationsWall divesAdvanced sitesEquipment handlingMulti-site tours

Wreck Diving

Discover fascinating shipwrecks including the famous Tugboat, Superior Producer, and historic vessels.

Historic wrecksMarine life havenPhoto opportunitiesVarious depthsGuided exploration

Certification Courses

Learn to dive in Curaçao's ideal conditions with PADI courses from beginner to professional levels.

Calm conditionsClear instructionMultiple certificationsEquipment includedFlexible schedules

What to Expect on Your Curaçao Diving Adventure

Typical Schedule

Morning dives 8-11am, afternoon 2-5pm. Two-tank boat dives 3-4 hours. Shore dives flexible timing.

Underwater Conditions

Water temp 27-29°C year-round. Visibility 60-150 feet. Minimal current on most sites. Calm seas.

Marine Life

Sea turtles, rays, moray eels, octopus, reef sharks, colorful tropical fish, and occasional dolphins.

Group Sizes

Shore diving: 2-6 divers per guide. Boat diving: 8-16 divers per boat with multiple dive masters.

Photography

Exceptional photo opportunities with clear water and abundant subjects. Rental cameras available.

What to Bring

Swimsuit, towel, sunscreen (reef-safe), certification card, logbook, underwater camera optional.

Expert Tips for the Best Experience

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Dive early morning for best visibility and marine life activity

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Bring reef-safe sunscreen only - regular sunscreen damages coral

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Shore diving rental includes full equipment and unlimited air fills

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The Tugboat wreck is Curaçao's most famous dive - absolutely worth it

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Book Blue Room cave dive for spectacular light beams

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Mushroom Forest on west coast is world-famous coral formation

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Most operators provide multiple dives for day-pass pricing

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Water temperature steady year-round - 3mm wetsuit sufficient

Frequently Asked Questions

Q:What are the best dive sites in Curaçao?

A: Top sites: Mushroom Forest (unique coral formations), Tugboat wreck (18m depth, intact), Blue Room (cave diving with light beams), Superior Producer wreck (30m), Playa Kalki (dramatic wall), Car Pile (artificial reef), and Watamula (advanced drift). Over 65 sites total.

Q:Can beginners dive in Curaçao?

A: Absolutely! Many shallow sites (5-12m) perfect for beginners and discovery dives. Calm conditions year-round. Excellent visibility for learning. Numerous dive shops offer PADI Open Water certification courses. Shore diving gives flexible, low-pressure environment.

Q:How much do diving tours cost?

A: Shore diving packages: $135-180 for unlimited diving day pass. Two-tank boat dives: $90-130. Single dives: $50-70. Equipment rental: $35-50/day. PADI Open Water certification: $400-500. Wreck specialty: $250-300.

Q:What is shore diving?

A: Walk from parking/beach directly into dive sites - no boat needed. Curaçao specialty with 40+ shore-accessible world-class sites. Rent tanks at dive shop, drive to site, dive at your pace. Cost-effective and flexible. Sites marked with yellow stones.

Q:Do I need a dive boat in Curaçao?

A: Not necessary but recommended for variety. Shore diving accesses most famous sites. Boats reach remote locations, east coast sites, and deeper walls. Many divers do both - shore diving for flexibility, boat for special destinations.

Q:When is the best time to dive?

A: Year-round excellent! Outside hurricane belt means consistently calm conditions. Slight visibility improvement Nov-Apr. Water temp 27-29°C always. Summer slightly warmer water. Morning dives generally calmest with best marine life activity.

Q:Is Curaçao good for underwater photography?

A: Exceptional! Clear water, abundant light, healthy colorful reefs, marine life variety, and minimal current create ideal photo conditions. Rental cameras widely available. Many sites feature photogenic subjects like turtles, wrecks, and coral formations.

Q:What certification do I need?

A: Open Water sufficient for most sites (to 18m). Advanced Open Water recommended for deeper wrecks and walls (to 30m). Many operators offer Discover Scuba for non-certified divers. Bring certification card and logbook.

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Why Visit Curaçao?

World-class diving and snorkeling with pristine coral reefs

UNESCO World Heritage site of Willemstad with colorful Dutch architecture

Year-round perfect weather outside the hurricane belt

Rich cultural heritage blending Dutch, African, and Caribbean influences

Crystal-clear turquoise waters and beautiful beaches

Authentic Caribbean experience with European sophistication

Best Time to Visit

Weather

Curaçao enjoys year-round sunshine with average temperatures of 82°F (28°C). The island is outside the hurricane belt, making it a reliable destination any time of year.

Best Months

May to November offers the best combination of weather and fewer crowds, with excellent diving conditions.

Peak Season

December to April brings peak tourist season with higher prices but perfect weather for all activities.

Off Season

September to November offers lower prices and still excellent weather, ideal for diving and snorkeling.

Plan Your Curaçao Trip

Transportation Tips

Rent a car for maximum flexibility to explore the island, or use taxis and public buses. Many tours include hotel pickup and drop-off.

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Top Restaurants in Curaçao

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Kome Restaurant Curaçao

Caribbean

Chef-driven Caribbean dining in the heart of Willemstad’s Pietermaai District.

4.6$$ – $$$
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Brisa do Mar – Pop’s Place

Caribbean

Seaside seafood, live sunsets, and relaxed island hospitality on Caracas Bay.

4.5$ – $$
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De Visserij Piscadera

Caribbean

Choose-your-catch seafood cooked to order right on Piscadera’s fishing pier.

4.7$ – $$
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La Bohème Curaçao

Latin

Latin-inspired brunches, smoothies, and Chilean warmth in downtown Punda.

4.5$$ – $$$
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Grand Café 'Gouverneur de Rouville'

Caribbean

Historic waterfront mansion serving Caribbean classics and global comfort plates.

4.6$$ – $$$
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Zanzibar Beach & Restaurant

International

Stone-oven pizzas, rotisserie chicken, and beachside beats on Jan Thiel Beach.

4.3$$ – $$$
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