Vaersenbaai Car Wrecks
Vaersenbaai Car Wrecks at Kokomo Beach Curaçao
Discover the Vaersenbaai Car Wrecks, located east of the the house reef at Kokomo Beach Curacao.
This is popular diving spot with lots of vehicles and a few shipwrecks for more advanced and experienced scuba divers. Amazingly, these vehicles were deliberately placed on the ocean floor as part of a project to try and provide a habitat for the fish and plants which used to be found on the coral reef in the area. Although much of the coral has been destroyed, these trucks and cars have made an excellent artificial reef and has become an adequate replacement to encourage flora and fauna to return to Curacao.
The Vaersenbaai Car Wrecks is a fun, deep shore or boat dive site, full of dozens of car wrecks, and a great spot to take some unique souvenir photos. PLUS, this is an easy spot to spend the day because Vaersenbaai is home to Kokomo Beach Curacao, where a restaurant and bar, public restrooms and showers are available. This is a nice, pretty, reef dive and snorkel site, easily accessible from shore.
Dive Site Recommendations
- Dive Type: Shore / Boat
- Snorkel Site: Yes
- Experience Level: Open Water (Min)
- Depth: 0 -120ft (0 – 36m)
Special Notes
Due to recreational & commercial boat traffic, an inflated surface marker buoy is mandatory when shore diving. Consult a recommended Curaçao Dive Operator for additional details & recommendations.
Curaçao Scuba Diving and Snorkeling Guide
About Kokomo Beach at Vaersenbaai
Kokomo is the ideal beach to enjoy a quiet day with the whole family, have a great lunch, try one of their delicious cocktails or just fall in love with the crystal clear water!! There are beach lounge chairs so you can relax, read a book, or just hang out with an ice-cold beer! Kokomo Beach has no entrance-fee and they probably have the best beach chairs on the island. Kokomo Beach also has an on-site dive center that can provide you with excellent advice or guide you around the amazing underwater world.
