Shipwreck Point (tugboats & Oranje Nassau)
Site near the Curaçao Sea Aquarium between Cornelius Bay and Stella Maris. Two tugboat wrecks lie on a narrow plateau at 40-50 m; the SS Oranje Nassau, a West India Company trading ship, was lost here in 1884 and its boiler, two anchors and a screw lie on the reef at 20-35 m.
Facts
- Region: Curaçao – Willemstad, South Coast & East
- Area: Mambo & Sea Aquarium
- Depth: 20–50 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: moderate
- Type: wreck, deep, boat, shore
- Coordinates: 12.0838, -68.9 (approximate)
- Highlights: two tugboat wrecks at 40-50 m, SS Oranje Nassau boiler, anchors
- Unverified: Position estimated off Seaquarium Beach; not published.
- Tips: Advanced/technical: the tug wrecks sit at 40-50 m, so deep or technical training and gas planning are required; the shallower relics at 20-35 m are advanced recreational. Position estimated off Seaquarium Beach. Curaçao law requires a dive flag, SMB or DSMB on shore dives.