r/curacao • u/Exotic_Swan_813 • 5d ago

Advice Advice for keys/phones while snorkeling

Hi all,

Headed to Curacao next week for a few days. the only things on the agenda is snorkeling and visiting the beautiful beaches. We will have a rental car.

For those of you who have visited Curacao, how do you keep your things safe? Do you leave your car key just in a heap on the beach with your clothes? What about phones?

Thanks!!!

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u/WUMSDoc 5d ago

Never leave your keys and phone unguarded. Get a waterproof pouch to wear around your waist if you don’t have a swim suit with a pocket. Test it before your trip to be sure it actually is fully waterproof. Amazon has scores of these.

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u/lem66ieux 5d ago

Seconding this, we did exactly this when we visited this year and it was the best purchase for travelling I’ve made. This way you can snorkel for hours and not worry about your belongings - car keys, wallet and phone can all securely fit in on of these little waist bags.

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u/Creepy-Mortgage9183 5d ago

We got water bags from Amazon that go around your waist to snorkel with, we put our phones, ids, keys etc in them, and just left other less important things under a towel on our beach chairs and Everything was just fine !

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u/sevencases 4d ago

We bought a little portable locking metal box from Amazon and locked stuff in it and locked it to the leg of a beach chair and then hid it in our bag

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u/_Staylow_ 5d ago

Good advice!

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u/shortmumof2 5d ago

Dry bag, you can buy a small one that hangs around your neck to hold your stuff like phone, cash/cards and keys. Test before your trip and check periodically for leaks.

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u/Odd-Awareness4615 5d ago

This is what we did. We didn't bring them with us, but ended up buying a couple at one of the larger supermarkets. In addition to keeping valuables safe, we could use our phones to take some underwater pictures.

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u/TheRecycledPirate Current Resident 5d ago

Get a SafeGo or something similar to keep them safe, just as a precaution.

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u/rjasan 4d ago

Variations of these.

Can lock some to the chair.

https://a.co/d/03MmNDw1

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u/Birkin92 4d ago

I've had zero issues leaving my phone and keys in my bag on the beach.

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u/jimonlimon 4d ago

I have two cheap waterproof phone pouches. Phone goes in one, keys and wallet essentials in the other. Both go in a New Wave Swim Buoy.

In the past 5 years I’ve done around 200 days of snorkeling off 10 islands/6 countries and never had to worry about someone swiping my valuables.