Difficulty
intermediate
Viz (last reported 90621h ago)
Max Depth
65.6 ft
Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Port Marie
Porto Marie is another expansive beach perfect for relaxing, swimming, or diving. There is a small entry fee, but the money is well spent, maintaining the beach to five-star standards.
Northwest of Willemstad, travel 7.3 km West on Weg Naar Westpunt from the Weg Naar Hato intersection. Turn left to head to St. Willibrordus and St. Marie. Travel 4.7 km to reach the intersection shown on the Saint Marie dive site. Follow the instructions from there.
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Anonymous
Sep 1, 2011, 12:00 AM
scuba
This is a beautiful place above and below water though we had a challenging experience due to many factors. We descended at the buoy directly into what appeared to be a channel with the original plan to stay relatively shallow until we reached the second reef. With the drop off and murkier water than expected we immediately lost sight of the bottom. Even at 45 feet depth we did not see the bottom. With no visual reference we followed compass heading directly away from shore but after 8 minutes of kicking no sight of the second reef and no visual references. We also had descended to 100 feet with no view of the bottom yet. At that point we turned around and followed compass heading back towards 1st reef. We had moved a bit north/northwest so no longer in the channel and very shortly found ourselves at the bottom of the first reef. From then on had a great time exploring the first reef.
