The Curacao Underwater Marine Park lays beyond the man-made breakwater that protects the Breezes Resort's beach. There was a wide variety of juvenile & mature fish such as: Spanish Hogfish, Parrotfish, French Angelfish, Peacock Flounders, Foureye Butterflyfish, Porcupine Pufferfish, Bluespotted Cornetfish, Trumpetfish (various colours of camoflage such as blue, yellow & brown), Sergeant Majors, Yellowtail Snappers, Goatfish, Barracudas, Triggerfish, Squid, Stoplight Parrotfish, Striped Parrotfish, Blue Parrotfish, Princess Parrotfish, Bluehead Wrasses, Yellowtail Damselfish, Moray eels, Redfin Needlefish, Squirrelfish, Reef squirrelfish, Longspine Squirrelfish, Blackbar Soldierfish, Fairy Basslets, Bar Jacks, Grunts, Porgys, Spotted drums, Rock Beauty Angelfish, Cleaning Gobies, Brown Chromis, Scrawled Filefish, Scrawled Cowfish, Smooth Trunkfish, and Balloonfish.
There were various types of corals, sponges and anemones. The Elkhorn coral was massive and plentiful. However, it was disconcerting to see the destruction of this coral that seem to occur on a daily basis.
We were fortunate to see the following corals: Staghorn, Fused Staghorn Green cactus, Mustard hill, Club finger, Finger coral, Rough starlet, Flower, Large flower, Smooth Starlet, Rose, Saucer, Scroll Giant Brain, Grooved Brain, Leafy Stinging and Pillar coral. We also saw Common sea fans, Corky sea fingers, Sea rods, Sea urchins (plentiful), Bristle worms, Christmas Tree worms (a variety of colours), Lavendar stovepipe sponges (not as numerous as in Bonaire), and other various sponges. The coral & sponges were not as colourful and bright as those in Bonaire.
These photos were taken with a disposable underwater camera.