Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaia surfboard in Lances Left, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Location: Caribbean; Part of the Netherlands Antilles.
Geographic coordinates: 12° 9' N, 68° 27' W
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Climate: tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds
Terrain: generally hilly, volcanic interiors
Elevation: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m
Natural hazards: Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October
Currency: Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)
Population: 133,644
Languages: Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Capital: Willemstad
Divisions: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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| Surf Spots (3) | Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience | ||
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| Klein Curaçao Rights | 9 / - | Right | Reef-coral |
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| Playa Canoa | 25 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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| Sint Joris Baai | 1 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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