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Blue Bay Curaçao

Low Season Standard Lodge $967; Superior Lodge $1054 ppdo

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Blue Bay Curaçao is a Caribbean resort located on Curaçao Island near the fisherman’s village of Sint-Michiel. The resort offers two styles of accommodation: the superior lodge and the preferred lodge. The superior lodge is spacious and can house up to four guests. This lodge is ideal for families with one king bed in a divided space, a living room with a queen-size sofa bed, a desk, and a TV. The preferred lodge features one king bed or two single beds.

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All accommodation features a full kitchen with a fridge, freezer, stove, microwave oven, a bathroom with a rain shower, double sink, and amenities. Each lodge has a terrace overlooking the garden with a dining table, relaxing chairs, and a swinging couch. There is also free WIFI, air conditioning, ceiling fans, US and European USB outlets, towels, and hair dryers. The resort offers sun loungers, an 18-hole golf course, two tennis courts, jeu de boules, snorkel gear, kayaks, stand-up paddle board rentals, a sculpture garden, and trips to the Blue Bay Battle Station WWII Museum.

There are five on-site restaurants, including Lemon Grass, which is located at the golf clubhouse with views of nature with sightings of flamingos and tropical birds. The Coast is on Blue Bay Beach and overlooks the ocean and palm trees. Guests can order from Blend Beach Bar in person or through their app and have drinks delivered to their sun loungers. Brass Boer is located on the pier of the beach with views of the sunset. Bayside Restaurant is located near the beach entrance and mixes local and international cuisine.

Diving is offered through the PADI 5-star dive center, Blue Bay Dive. The beachfront center has access to house reefs including The Garden and The Wall. In addition to house reef dives, Blue Bay Dive offers dive courses, rentals, boat trips, and guided boat dives. Their two-tank guided boat dives and snorkel adventures explore sites like Bullenbaai, which features deep drop-offs and sightings of eagle rays, manta rays, and tarpons. Cars that sank with a pontoon boat can be spotted as well. Boka Uniko is a relaxing drift dive that explores soft and fan corals. Lovers Beach is a dive site off a beach with a large rock and picnic table where couples go for romantic dinners. This site features a beautiful reef with rays and barracudas. The Rolling Stones site has shallow and deep dives with the shallow reef section covered in fan corals and elkhorn corals and sightings of eels. The wall starts at 5 meters (15 feet) and goes down to 20 meters (65ft).

Package rates are seasonal: Low Season November 1-December 21 and April 2-October 31. Mid Season January 8-April1. High Season December 22-January 7. Packages include 7-nights accommodation, breakfast, unlimited shore diving, wi-fi. Add-ons include nitrox, rental car, boat dive package, night dives, round trip airport transfers.

Narrative text and photos courtesy of Dive Division and Blue Bay Curaçao.

Dive Conditions

Curacao is home to plentiful diving opportunities. This Caribbean island features amazing coral reefs, walls and sunken ships. The island’s dive sites are protected from strong currents, there is little river runoff to hinder visibility and the waters are warm year-round, making this is a great place for those just blowing their first bubbles or learning a new skill. Most of Curacao’s dive sites are accessible from shore, and most resorts have gorgeous house reefs to explore. However, boat diving is the method of choice for dive operators on the island. Mushroom Forest is one of the only dive sites where a boat dive is necessary.

Curacao enjoys consistently good weather year-round. April to June has the calmest weather, while January to March see an occasional winter squall. Trade winds keep the average temperatures between 26-30°C 80-86°F. It may be a bit hotter in the summer and if it rains, it will be from October through February. Curaçao is at the far southern edge of the hurricane belt and is usually unaffected during the Caribbean’s hurricane season.

Curacao’s dry season lasts from about April to November. During these months, the island will be extremely dry and sunny, experiencing consistently calm weather. Sea conditions remain steady throughout the season with sea temperatures at 85°F (29°C) and air temperatures at approximately 89°F (31°C). The dry season is recommended for those who value both beach time and dive time.

The rainy season on Curacao begins in December and lasts until March. These four months will bring a brief daily downpour to the island. You can expect only slightly cooler temperatures both in and out of the water. Air temperatures average 85°F (29°C) and water temperatures drop to 79°F (26°C). The only disadvantage to visiting at this time of year is the increased trade winds which blow from January through April.