Wayaka consists of two small bays of white pebble between limestone ledges. The reef in front is the most intact in the park and one of the finest on the island. The price is the drive: unpaved, long, and with a gate that shuts at five.
Wayaka is an advanced shore dive in Washington Slagbaai: two small pebble bays, a reef top at four to six metres and an intact slope to thirty-five metres.
From the bay a short sand strip to a reef top at four to six metres with dense hard coral and fan coral. The slope drops to thirty-five metres with vase sponges, sea fans and black coral in the depths. Turtles, eagle rays and schools of grunts are common here.
In flat water and early in the day, so you keep time for the drive back. In north-west swell there is surf on the ledges.
A long unpaved drive, entry on top of the Nature Tag, gate shut at five. The bays are small: with two groups it is full. No shade, no water, no toilet.
Decisions on diveability, technique and health belong with STINAPA, a dive school or a doctor. This page only describes the conditions.
Wayaka is the Papiamentu word for the gum tree that grows in the area. The two bays lie in the protected part of the park where no development is allowed, which explains why the reef here is so densely grown.
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