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Curaçao

Color-soaked streets, calm leeward reefs, and year-round dive reliability

Updated Oct 28, 2025 • 11 sources

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Wildlife In Curaçao

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Curaçao.

a fish that is swimming in the water
Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

6 linked spots

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia
Turtles

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

5 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in some water
Saltwater Fishes

Angelfish

4 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets
Saltwater Fishes

Grouper/Basslets

3 linked spots

brown turtle in sea
Turtles

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

3 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish
Saltwater Fishes

Jackfish

3 linked spots

gray snake photography
Rays

Moray Eel

3 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water
Rays

Stingrays

3 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )
Rays

Eagle Ray

2 linked spots

a fish swimming in water
Saltwater Fishes

Parrotfish

2 linked spots

Photo of Snapper
Saltwater Fishes

Snapper

2 linked spots

A fish that is sitting in the sand
Saltwater Fishes

Butterfly Fish

1 linked spot

Photo of Common Seahorse
Seahorses and Pipefishes

Common Seahorse

Hippocampus kuda

1 linked spot

gray shark in body of water
Sharks

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

1 linked spot

Photo of Porcupinefish
Saltwater Fishes

Porcupinefish

1 linked spot

Photo of Scorpionfish
Saltwater Fishes

Scorpionfish

Scorpaenidae

1 linked spot

Photo of Surgeonfish
Saltwater Fishes

Surgeonfish

Acanthuridae

1 linked spot

Photo of Sweetlips and Grunts
Saltwater Fishes

Sweetlips and Grunts

1 linked spot

a whale swimming in the ocean with a lot of fish around it
Sharks

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

1 linked spot

Photo of Wrasse
Saltwater Fishes

Wrasse

1 linked spot