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Stella Maris / Ocean Encounters
Stella Maris (Ocean Encounters House Reef) · Saliña, Curaçao, Curacao
EntryBoat
Max depth14 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp27–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Stella Maris / Ocean Encounters 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 14 m. Commonly reported marine life includes stingrays, soft corals, sea fans, moray eels, groupers. 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
- 1Royal Reef0.2 km
- 2Oswaldo’s Drop Off0.5 km
- 3Cornelius Bay0.6 km
- 4Car Pile - Marie Pampoen0.8 km
- 5Marie Pampoen1.0 km
- 6Saba1.1 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org