What you can see on the Playa Lagun cam
The camera stands on the cliff above the cove. On the left are the little beach, a few boats and the huts of the fishermen; ahead, the cove opens between rocky walls covered in scrub; on the right, the turquoise water runs out towards the open sea, and the hills of the west end rise behind. It is the view for the colour of the water and how calm the sea is at the mouth of the cove.
Playa Lagun from the cliff
High on the cliff above Playa Lagun, this camera looks down into the cove. On the left, a short beach of pale sand with a few small fishing boats pulled up and the huts of the fishermen; ahead, the inlet winds between limestone walls covered in scrub; on the right, the clear turquoise water opens towards the sea, with the hills of the west end behind.
It is the cam for the colour and clarity of the water, which here can be extraordinary. SHOWME Caribbean streams it on YouTube from a lodge above the beach.
A fishing village and its turtles
Lagún is a small fishing village in Bandabou, the rural west of the island, about 30 km (19 miles) north-west of Willemstad. Its fishermen still keep their boats in the cove, and the scraps they clean on the beach have made it one of the most reliable places in Curaçao to snorkel with sea turtles, which feed along the rocky sides a few metres from the sand.
When to watch Playa Lagun
Mornings are usually the calmest and the clearest, before the trade winds pick up. The cove faces west, so in the late afternoon the sun sets over the sea at the end of the inlet.
Nearby
The beaches of Grote Knip and Kleine Knip are a few minutes away, and Westpunt and the Christoffel National Park, with the highest hill on the island, lie further north. Near the Knip beaches, the old plantation house of Kenepa recalls the slave revolt led by Tula in 1795, which began there.
Getting there
The beach is small and has little shade, so it fills early at weekends. The cove is sheltered, but the water deepens quickly past the boats; snorkellers keep to the sides, away from the boat traffic.
