I highly recommend the Mushroom Forest dive off Santa Cruz, Curacao. A reef of impressive coralheads, Mushroom Forest starts at 50 feet about a mile out from the bay at Santa Cruz. Too far for a shore dive, you'll need the services of Captain Goodlife.
The Captain runs a bar/cafe on the southside of the bay and operates a water taxi service. For $20us, he'll take you out to the start of your drift dive and return an hour later to pick you up. If you enjoy the dive as much as we did, you'll want to do it twice, in which case the good Captain will entertain you with food and stories during your surface interval. He's sure to put a smile on your face.
Even a downpour can't wipe the smile off Captain Goodlife's face.
Mushroom Forest coralheads teeming with fish.
Goodlife's bar overlooks the bay at Santa Cruz.
