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Below you'll find a list of all the divesites on Aruba that you can visit.
Have a look and get excited already!

1. Arashi Reef
A fascinating reef for beginners. Parts of a sunken Lockheed Lodestar are scattered at 35 feet of water. Coral formations, parrot and angelfish surround the airplane wreckage and coral heads.

2. Malmok
An easy shallow dive along the rocky shoreline. Excellent for beginners, children and photography. A lot of marine life; it's a nursery for young fish, lobsters and it houses a big green moray. Also excellent for nightdiving, with a whole different kind of marine life.

3. Antilla Wreck (60ft/ 15m)
The Antilla is a German freighter that was scuttled by the Germans in 1940 and is the largest wreck in the Caribbean (400' long). Covered by giant tube sponges and coral formations, the Antilla is surrounded by lobsters and many kinds of tropical fish (mainly angel fish and yellow tails).

4. Debbie II Wreck (70ft/ 24m) & Blue Reef
In 1992 a 120ft fuel barge was sank to create an artificial reef and a dive site. The wreck is surrounded by a reef where you can find widely spread leaf and brain corals. Rays and lobsters are occasionally spotted at this site.

5. Pedernales Wreck (25ft/ 8m)
The wreck of the Pedernales, an oil tanker torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, is a paradise for beginning divers. The area around the Pedernales wreck is known for its variety of marine life, its many types of groupers and its bounty of angel fish.

6. Star Gerren Wreck(60`/20m)
This Colombian freighter was sunk in front of the high-rise strip by Hadicurari after it was abandoned by its crew in Barcadera Harbour. Corals are starting to grow now and sea bass can be found within the freighter.

7. Harbour Reef & Tugboat (90ft/ 30m)
Dropping gradually through formations of brain, star and sheet coral, you arrive at the wreck of an old tugboat that now serves as a home to a pair of green morays. On occasion spotted eagle rays and sting rays can been seen very close by. This dive is great for photography.

8. Airplane Wreck (70-90'/24-30m)
Dive to see these two airplanes; a Convair 400 and a Beechcraft 18. Both airplanes are sunk on a sloping reef surrounded by sift corals.

9. Sponge Reef
Home of the soft coral ranging from the orange elephant ear sponges to purple and yellow tube sponges. Lots of purple vase sponges and small basket sponges. Some interesting leaf and plate coral formations.

10. Tire Reef
Black coral, sea whips, sea fingers and plenty of gorgonians and sea fans. The Green Moray and Eagle Ray are spotted occasionally on this dive site.

11. Barcadera Reef
A sandy bottom with an abundance of brain corals and of a number of different species of huge sea fans. The fans oscillate hypnotically with the current, producing a remarkable sensation of movement.

12. Kantil Reef
A fascinating drop off, with gigantic boulders of brain and star coral, an abundance of massive formations of leaf and sheet corals, and plenty of huge sea fans and gorgoneas. This is an excellent dive for photography and should definitely be logged.

13. Skalahein Reef
Particularly fine coral formations sloping to great depth; well known for its large population of barracudas. Excellent for drift-diving. Great manta rays have been spotted here.

14. Jane C Wreck (20-100'/7-30m)
The Jane Sea freighter (250 ft long) was sank nearly upright, and is surrounded by some spectacular sea fans and brain corals. At this site you find lots of angelfish and scooling tropical fish in and around the wreck. You might even get a certain Titanic Feeling when you go down.

15. Plonco Reef
Home of the green moray! Large green morays welcome you to the great underwater world. Large lobsters are found here scavenging the ocean floor. Giant coral formations contour the landscape.

16. De Palm Slope
Magnificent coral formations sloping to great depths. Don't forget to look up the slope once in a while for a great view!

17. Finger's Reef
The reef comes out like a finger pointing down to the deep water. Beautiful coral formations and sea fans in the sand surrounding the finger. Turtles are often seen on this site.

18. Mangel Halto - inside
Ideal for beginners or people who haven't been diving in a while. Real easy entrance from a beautiful beach, it starts shallow and gradually goes deeper. At 35ft/12 m you find a small wreck that has recently been sunk there to attract more marine life. A nurse shark has already been spotted there…

19. Mangel Halto - outside
A pronounced slope from 15' down to 110' gives you the opportunity to admire a myriad of coral combinations. You will see everything from grooved brain coral to deep water gorgonea, sea anemones, tube sponges, vase sponges, as well as all types of marine life.

20. Pos Chiquito or Hole in the Wall
A dive noted for its enormous diversity of sights. Giant star coral castles, as well as brain, star, pillar, flower, finger-leaf, and sheet coral proliferate. Rays, as well as turtles, can be spotted here, and the site was once known as snapper city. A dive not to be missed.

21. Isla di Oro Reef
A reef very similar to Mangel Halto (see shore dives). View moray eels, coral crabs, and schools of snappers playing around underwater coves formed of sheet coral and leaf coral. Sea rods and sea fans sway gently to the rhythm of the currents.

22. Santo Largo Reef
A somewhat longer surface swim followed by a spectacular dive on a site where not a lot of people dive. This means the reef is in good condition and very colourfull. One of the deepest of Aruba's dive locations. There are impressive coral formations here and all types of fish abound.

23. Baby Beach
A unique opportunity for shore diving into the open sea. Large formations of elkhorn corals, combined with sheet coral, make it a perfect place for crabs, octopus, and lobsters. It can be a challenging dive, but totally worth it, with a view at the telephone cable between Aruba and Venezuela.