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Royal Reef
Saliña, Curaçao, Curacao
EntryBoat
Max depth17 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp27–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Royal Reef is a reef dive site near Saliña, Curaçao, Curacao, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 17 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea fans, moray eels, groupers, sea turtles, barracuda. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 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
- TrumpetfishAulostomus maculatus
Caribbean Reef SquidSepioteuthis sepioidea- Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilis
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum- Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
- French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Nearby sites
- 1Stella Maris / Ocean Encounters0.2 km
- 2Cornelius Bay0.5 km
- 3Oswaldo’s Drop Off0.7 km
- 4Saba0.9 km
- 5Car Pile - Marie Pampoen0.9 km
- 6Marie Pampoen1.2 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org