| INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: | Curacao - Departure tax $22.00 |
| CAPITAL CITY: | Willemstad |
| LOCATION: | In Southwestern Caribbean, the largest of the Netherland Antilles. Loacted 35 miles north of Venezuela. |
| AIRLINES: | American, KLM, Air Jamaica |
| ENTRY DOCUMENTS: | Proof of citizenship & return ticket |
| TIME: | US Atlantic Standard time |
| LANGUAGE: | English - Dutch - Spanish - Papiamento ( local language ) |
| CURRENCY: | US$1 = $1.77 NA florin or guilder |
| SIZE OF ISLAND: | 38 miles long and from 2 to 7.5 miles wide |
| POPULATION: | 130,00 and 55 nationalities |
| ELECTRICITY: | 110 - 130 volts 50 cycles |
| TELEPHONE: | From US 011-599-9 + 7 digits |
| CLIMATE: | Tropical - Hot, dry - Trade winds constantly blowing from the east |
| AIR TEMPERATURE: | Average of 82F |
| CLOTHING: | Light, informal |
| EVENTS: | Jazz Festival |
| WATER TEMPERATURE: | Average of 80 F |
| VISIBILITY: | 60 to 100 ft + |
| RAINY SEASON: | October to February (short occasional showers usually at night) |
| BEST TIME/DIVE: | Any - away from hurricane belt |
| KIND OF DIVING: | Walls, reefs, wrecks "mushroom Forest" |
| DECOMPRESSION: | Chamber is in town |
| INOCULATIONS: | No |
| DRINKING H2O: | Distilled and Purified |
| DRIVING LICENSE: | Not needed |
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| RESERVATIONS
USA 800-544-7631 951-204-2987 Fax 951-279-0478 email: travel@scubavoyages.com |
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SCUBA VOYAGES
Dive Travel Services 595 Fairbanks St. Corona, CA 92879 USA |