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No, doubtful. All the failures about which I have personal knowledge have occurred in BCD used by very responsible divers who never pull on the inflator hose to dump air or handle the BCDs roughly. We do hang them from one or both of the shoulder straps from a strong wooden peg in a public gear...

Follow-up to my original post. Wife has a new BC, obviously. We have been told that failure of the plastic connector to the inflator hose is the most common cause for divers buying a new BC on Bonaire. In fact, we also learned that 2 diving friends in our condo complex suffered the same problem...

My wife and I have been diving for 20 yrs and our major equipment is 17-18 yrs old. Regs have been serviced regularly, but the BCDs have not (not that there is much to service). Last winter (2022), my beloved Seaquest Balance suffered a broken attachment between the inflator hose and the BCD...

I can vouch for the bolded part having seen 18 trucks at Hilma Hooker one Sunday AM.

[above bolded text] Agreed. Everything I have read indicates that it is theoretically possible to become infected and a carrier, but not be sick because symptoms are blocked by the vaccinated immune system. One article went so far as to say there are examples of such, but did not give any. FWIW...

The tactic my wife and I used before buying a condo on Bonaire was to go numerous places including multiple locations in the Florida Keys, Turks/Caicos (2), San Salvador in the Bahamas (2), a live aboard out of Belize, Curacao, Cozumel (2), Roatan (2@CocoView) and Little Cayman@LCBR. Yes, it is...

The one time I met Captain Don, he rolled down from his plant nursery near Lagun in his wheelchair and .22 rifle in a scabbard at his side. He'd been out shooting iguanas in a (probably) vain attempt to reduce the damage they were doing to his plants. He wanted to give a couple of dead ones to...

Ray and Pam--that's the stuff. I hope it's good for the turtles, or some of the critters.

Update: The gear storage area at the Dive Friends Sand Dollar location was substantially renovated in the fall. All the rusty metal was apparently removed and ventilation improved. Haven't yet seen it myself, but am told that it looks great. Will report more in a few weeks, if the changes have...

Last spring, the problem was a yellow algae that carpeted large parts of the shallow sandy areas between shore and reef. Gross, frankly. Loosened algae draped over the shallow corals, as well.

If you need a laundromat, there is one near the soccer stadium. In addition to air and nitrox being available on the dock day or night, tanks are also available up near the tank fill station on the shore day or night. The gear room is fine for leaving your stuff overnight to dry. We've been...

If it acquires its starting position (which it must, if it maps in 3-D), then it at least has the possibility of plotting a route that returns to the start. Whether that is or will be a feature of this particular item is another question. It also should be very simple to press a button asking...

Read about it HERE

The absence of standard groceries in the stores occurred when we were on Bonaire last winter. There was a period of about 2 wks when it was difficult to get all sorts of items, but what was missing on any one day was fairly unpredictable. We never did learn the root cause, but were told that...

Been into the park just once. Probably will never go diving there. Probably will return for sightseeing purposes. I was a bit dismayed by the amount of cactus. Actually amazing with a density that is almost impenetrable. But it became tiresome for me. I am a birder and the dense cactus habitat...

Love your cornetfish! We have done a lot of diving on Bonaire and only seen them twice. This being one of our top 3 fish, we're looking for them every dive.The first was at the Bachelors Beach site/85 ft and looked just like yours, awesome, but was closer to 6 ft. The second was on Bari at about...

That's about par for the accuracy course, IMHO.

A couple of comments. One, Den Laman appears to have made an effort to create a beach similar to that in front of Sand Dollar. Natural rubble and rocks have been removed from the shore and from the water. In addition, there is a lot more sand in front of Den Laman now. There were complaints this...

I can assure you: The owners at Sand Dollar consider their frontage to be private property, which it is. Non-owners, non-guests, non-renters are not welcome to use Sand Dollar facilities. Owners and renters have paid substantial sums for the privilege of enjoying what Sand Dollar has to offer...

I'd like to point out a major advantage of Sand Dollar. It has the longest shore front of any resort on the island. This enhances a visit in two ways. First, it is simply very picturesque to enjoy, as it is walkable its entire length. Second, divers who are staying at Sand Dollar are welcome to...