February 2015 - Curaçao
We had heard that Curaçao had some of the best shore snorkeling in the Caribbean, and so went to check it out. In addition to sting rays and sea turtles, we saw an octopus and several squid (things we'd never seen before). We also ran into jellyfish for the first time in our trips down to the Caribbean - not fun. Fortunately they didn't get in our way too much. The snorkeling was great! Around town was nice too, over here. We also snorkeled around a couple shipwrecks, yet another first time. Check out some videos of squids, an eel, and shipwrecks at the bottom.
We had heard that Curaçao had some of the best shore snorkeling in the Caribbean, and so went to check it out. In addition to sting rays and sea turtles, we saw an octopus and several squid (things we'd never seen before). We also ran into jellyfish for the first time in our trips down to the Caribbean - not fun. Fortunately they didn't get in our way too much. The snorkeling was great! Around town was nice too, over here. We also snorkeled around a couple shipwrecks, yet another first time. Check out some videos of squids, an eel, and shipwrecks at the bottom.
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| A beautiful Caribbean beach | Alot of fish! | A squid! |
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| A group of three squid | A beautiful coral | |
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| A blue tang | A master of camouflage | An octopus |
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| Brain coral | A friendly crab | A yellowtail damselfish |
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| A little conch peeking out of his shell | A bluehead wrasse | A coastal village |
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| A pelican | A beautiful shelled creature | A shipwreck emerging from the shadows beneath us |
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| A tugboat wrecked in shallow water | ||
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| Baby corals growing on the side of the tugboat | And a cloud of fish hanging out by the wreck | A seahorse |
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| The seahorse is very snake-like | A puffer fish | |
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| A living sand dollar | An ugly puffer fish | I'm pretty sure this is the QRT species of eel |
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| _Wow_ that is alot of fish | A pretty cool coral | |
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| A big bunch of blue | A stingray | |
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| You'd think it was Arizona if it weren't for the beautiful blue water | Another eel | A spotted moray |
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| Alot of fish at the coral | A Spot-winged comb jelly. Harmless but looks like a jellyfish and so gross. | |
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| Lots of yellow | A trumpetfish | |
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| Sea urchins! | A typical Curacao beach. The real treasure is under the water. | One of the nicest sand beaches on the island |
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The first shipwreck.
The tugboat wreck.
A spotted moray.
A squid.