Cabez Reef
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About this site
Cabez Reef is a shore dive on the rougher side of Aruba. You enter by jumping from a rocky ledge about 3 m (10 ft) high into the waves, so everything needs to be checked before you go in.
It is a drift dive over a reef that is full of life and very beautiful. It passes a diverse collection of hard and soft corals that most divers on Aruba never get to see. The maximum depth is around 20 m (65 ft), and the exit is shallow.
Cabez Reef is for experienced divers only, and it is described as challenging. It is dived after a check-out dive at another site, and only when conditions are favourable, which leaves few days in the year.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatusReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Ocean SurgeonfishAcanthurus tractusReported here · unconfirmed
Smooth TrunkfishLactophrys triqueterReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilisReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
Hammerhead sharkHammerhead sharkReported here · unconfirmed
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