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Garden Reef
Oranjestad, Aruba
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Garden Reef is a reef dive site near Oranjestad, Aruba, Aruba, in the Caribbean Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes moray eels, barracuda, jacks, sea turtles, sea fans. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
Smooth TrunkfishLactophrys triqueter
Queen ParrotfishScarus vetula
Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilis
French AngelfishPomacanthus paru
Great BarracudaSphyraena barracuda
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Nearby sites
- 1Sponge Reef1.2 km
- 2Tire Reef1.3 km
- 3Sonesta Plane Wreck1.5 km
- 4Barcadera Reef2.1 km
- 5Airplanes2.2 km
- 6Kantil Reef2.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org