Curaçao Beaches

A peninsula bay best known for the Tugboat, a shallow shipwreck just offshore that ranks among Curacao's most popular and accessible snorkel and dive sites.

A free, easygoing local favourite with thatched palapas for shade, calm clear water and snorkeling along the rocky edges, all without an entrance fee.

A sheltered, sandy cove reached by a flight of steps, with calm clear water, easy snorkeling and the famous Tugboat wreck just around the point.

A lively beach-club strip where loungers, restaurants and bars line a calm, clear bay, drawing a stylish crowd that stays on from the swim into sunset drinks.

A sheltered, man-made family bay beside the Sea Aquarium, backed by a boulevard of shops, restaurants and bars and calm shallow water that is ideal for kids.

A manicured, postcard-perfect beach of soft white sand and bright turquoise water, with loungers, a dive shop and a beach bar behind a small entrance fee.

A dramatic cliff-edge cove at the far west tip, known for its high diving ledge, a clifftop restaurant with sea views and some of the island's best sunsets.

A working fishermen's cove where green sea turtles glide in to feed on fish scraps, giving snorkelers an almost guaranteed close encounter just off the sand.

A small, free, undeveloped cove framed by rust-coloured cliffs, with clear water and good snorkeling and almost nothing in the way of crowds or facilities.

The smaller, calmer sister to Grote Knip: a compact cove of white sand with shade trees at the back and easy snorkeling over rocks at either edge.

Curacao's postcard beach: a wide cove of powder-white sand sloping into water that shifts from pale aqua to deep turquoise, with a clifftop lookout for the photo everyone takes.

A tiny fishing cove squeezed between tall cliffs, prized as a snorkel and dive base for its resident turtles, squid and reef life just off the sand.

A snorkeler's favourite thanks to its rare double reef, with white sand, full facilities and the friendly resident pigs that sometimes wander down to the water.