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Kokomo Beach
A house reef with a sunken pontoon barge and car wrecks next door
Photo: Baklu23 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kokomo Beach sits on Vaersenbaai on Curaçao's southwestern shore. It is an easy-entry shore dive in calm water with shallow coral gardens, deeper reef formations and, to the east of the house reef, a sunken pontoon barge and car wrecks.
Also known as Vaersenbaai (Kokomo), Vaersenbaai, Kokomo.
Where it is and how deep
12.1602° N, 69.0054° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
Divers enter at the buoyed points and reach shallow coral gardens first, then deeper reef formations that continue from about 10 m (30 ft) down to 36 m (120 ft). Parrotfish, angelfish and schools of reef fish fill the reef, and turtles, rays and the odd nurse shark pass through. Visibility often exceeds 30 m (100 ft). East of the Kokomo house reef lie the sunken pontoon barge and the car wrecks.
Marine life and season
- Sea turtles
- Reef fish swarms
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair |
Season follows Curaçao: Diving runs all year; October to February is the rainy season, and May to November brings warmer water and fewer crowds.
Dive videos
Diving Vaersenbaai (aka Kokomo Beach) Curaçao | The Shore Dive Collection | TropicLens - 4K · TropicLens on YouTube
Sources
- Kokomo Beach Dive Site — Dive Curaçao
- Vaersenbaai (Kokomo) — ScubaGo
Photo credits
- A small sandy cove with a short pier below a scrub-covered headland, the water clear and turquoise. by Baklu23, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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