Playa Cas Abao

Known by many as the most beautiful beach on Curacao, and thought to be one of the 5 most beautiful beaches in the world, Playa Cas Abou is a wonderful shore dive with a healthy reef system teeming with marine life siting right off the beach. White sandy bottom with the drop off starting at 9 mtr / 27 ft.

Marine life at this site

It is the home of a large scaly tailed mantis and frogfishes have also been regulary spotted here. In the deeper part you often find green moray and lobster

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata2 obs.

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea2 obs.

Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus1 obs.

Nimble Spray Crab

Percnon gibbesi1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plexaura homomalla1 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum1 obs.

Purple Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina1 obs.

Four-toothed Nerite

Nerita versicolor1 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus1 obs.

Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra lucunter1 obs.

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Aplysina cauliformis1 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas3 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Agaricia agaricites1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Periclimenes yucatanicus1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Mithraculus cinctimanus1 obs.

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Mustard Hill Coral

Porites astreoides1 obs.