ABC Islands snorkeling photos

[altarose]

We were on Curaçao last week, and are enjoying Bonaire for 2weeks now, head to Aruba next.
I have posted a few pics on Flickr, I can't figure out how to post pics here on SB using ipad
I will add more as I take pics.snorkeling ABC Islands - a set on Flickr

 

[drrich2]

You got some nice shots. My personal favorites were your 1'rst Rainbow Parrotfish shot, 1'rst Honeycomb Cowfish shot, and your Snook shot.

Richard.

 

[altarose]

Thanks Richard, just hanging out waiting for the clouds to clear, trying to decide on lunch spot and then try 1000 steps

 

[Dave C]

How did your Curacao snorkeling turn out and what places did you go? How would you compare Curacao and Bonaire in terms of snorkeling?
I liked the snook photo. That's not something you see everyday.

 

[altarose]

Hi Dave, on Curacao we sorkeled
playa Forti, no shallow reef, fish amongst the coral rubble
Playa Kalki, same as Forti, both have healthy reef out at drop off, 30 ' plus
Playa Grande, a little more reef, saw turtles, and lots of fish very close to shore by rock ledges
Porto Marie, more shallow reef and nice beach, still not great snorkeling, but the best of these 4
Tug Boat, interesting, with more coral formation, but it was too rough to go out to the good stuff

No comparison between Curacao & Bonaire. Just about any place you put your face in water has great snorkeling, perfect deapths, lots of fire coral starting right at shore and gently slopes down to about 20' then drops to deep blue. Lots of fish everywhere. Those Snook hang out under Capt. Don's pier.
All of the shore entries have been much easier than what we were told. Usually coral rubble shore and rocks, no big deal if you are careful, I guess it depends what you are used to.
I think Culebra might have better soft corals, but Bonaire better overall, deapth, fish varieties, number of easy shore entries