Two Currents: Diving at it’s Best!
Two currents meet in the sea in-front of the Villa making it the premium diving location on the island. The dive area is called Watamula which comes from the word “water mill” in dutch. The name refers to the two currents which meet 40 ft under the villa.
The waters bring together a wide range of marine species. The topography of this dive site is a fantastic playground for marine life and features extensive growths of soft corals, tunnels between hard corals, gorgonian sea fans catching nutrients from the currents, and a spectacular pillar collar. The currents mean this can be a fantastic destination for a drift dive. . See Wikipedia on Westpunt.
This dive site has an enormous range of healthy corals in a range of corals. There are soft, and hard coral growths covering the underwater landscape. The thriving reef is also teeming with schooling fish along with reef fish. Sea turtles cruise through the area.It is the best of 70 world-class dive sites around the small island of Curacao. See all the sites on an interactive map.
The Villa is five mins from a full-service dive shop. Cliff Villa is partnered with Go West Diving, a well recognized premiere PADI dive operation which will service both professional and novice divers.
Simply walk ten mins from the Villa to Playa Piskadó a local fisherman beach. Put on your googles and swim with the families of turtles that gather in the cove meters from the shore.
Dive shipwrecks, explore hidden blue grottos along the rocky shoreline. The water is clean down to 70 feet.
