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Klein Curacao

Windward wreck coast

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea glassSea glass
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: flotsam, 1879 lighthouse.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

Uninhabited island 10 km southeast of Curacao, 1879 lighthouse and a windward shore that is a graveyard for boats including the tanker Maria Bianca Guidesman

named a beachcombing destination in Beachcombing Magazine's Curacao feature; wreck graveyard documented on Wikipedia, no itemized find lists published

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

no shade or waterRough windward surf, sharp ironshore and rusting wreck steel, do not enter the wrecks

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