Introduction

Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are located near Venezuela. Aruba, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands with 81' 500 inhabitants (capital Oranjestad) is an island with a main beach bordered by hotels and casinos. Aruba has a special political status, as since January 1986, the Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of three completely autonomous, constitutionally equal countries: the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba, which has therefore a stronger weight that other islands from Netherlands Antilles including nearby Bonaire and Curacao. Aruba has a dry climate and an arid landscape covered with cactus; it is also located under the Hurricane Belt. Still, for the divers, this island has little interest apart perhaps from wreck diving.

Travel facts

Diving type

Destination

easily accessible

bargain destination

Diving level & type

for beginners

for advanced divers

shore diving

liveaboard

Diving Characteristics

pelagics

lots of fish

lots of corals

interesting underwater scenery

Other activities

attractive natural spots

gastronomy

night life

beach

snorkeling

Infrastructures

• diving center
  

  Red Sail Sports Aruba

  
  Red Sail Sports Aruba (diving center)
  telephone : 011 (297) 861603

  fax : 011 (297) 866657

  email : info@aruba-redsail.com

  internet : aruba-redsail.com
  rating : 1 / 4 stars

  comments :

  Well located near the sea, with some apartments (with terrace). Unfortunately, no shore diving: it is ESSENTIAL to rent a car...

  
  

Diving Sites

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  Antilla's Wreck

  rating : 3.0

  type of diving : wreck

  depth : 16 m

  visibility : 10 m
  description :
  
  Wreck of a German frigate sunk 10 in May 1940, when Germany invaded Holland. 130 meters in length, it is the largest wreck of the Caribbean. The inside of the wreck can be easily and safely visited. The wreck, inhabited by many tropical fish, is covered by giant sponges and corals in the process of formation. Strong current.
  
  
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  Arashi Airplanes

  rating : 2.0

  type of diving : wreck

  depth : 13 m

  visibility : 10 m
  description :
  
  On this easy site for beginners is the wreck of a plane, a Lockheed, inhabited by fish. Strong current.
  
  
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  Blue Reef

  rating : 2.0

  depth : 22 m

  visibility : 15 m
  description :
  
  Full of fish: morays, parrot-fish, trumpet-fish, stone-fish. Strong current.
  
  
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  Pedernales

  rating : 1.0

  type of diving : wreck

  depth : 7 m

  visibility : 12 m
  description :
  
  Various parts of a wreck: a tanker sunk by the Germans in 1942. Bad visibility, and once again a strong current.