Tugboat

Tugboat is Curacao’s most famous dive and snorkel spot due to its shallow depth. It was wrecked just off the shore of Caracasbaai and sits in only 15 feet of water. The tugboat is crawling with marine life and is now covered in sponges and coral growth.

Marine life at this site

You’ll see typical Caribbean life like nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, parrot fish, and grouper.

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

Four-toothed Nerite

Nerita versicolor3 obs.

Zebra Periwinkle

Echinolittorina ziczac2 obs.

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Pseudodiploria strigosa2 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum2 obs.

Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Clibanarius tricolor1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Echinolittorina tuberculata1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Pseudodiploria clivosa1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Beaded Periwinkle

Cenchritis muricatus1 obs.

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata1 obs.

Checkered Nerite

Nerita tessellata1 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas5 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Madracis auretenra1 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata1 obs.

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Mangrove Root Crab

Goniopsis cruentata1 obs.

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Svamp

Neofibularia nolitangere1 obs.

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Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Desmapsamma anchorata1 obs.

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Caribbean Sea Mat

Palythoa caribaeorum1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Echinolittorina meleagris1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Tudora megacheilos1 obs.