Is there anyplace else where you can shore dive 24/7 like in Bonaire? Somewhere just as easy? I'd love to hear about others for next year's trip!
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As a few others have mentioned.... Bonaire is great for what it is = easy shore dive dive dive location. It is not great for big fishlife or exciting reef structure. All the reefs look the same, with exception of a few, that have slightly diff look. The same fish are found at every reef, in great quantities for sure, but not alot of turtles or rays or sharks or... anything big. Yes, a manta is spotted there about once a year but that is all.
I have sort of a Love-Hate relationship with Bonaire. I love the 24/7 diving where my husband and I can dive at our pace, where we want, for as long as we want. I hate the hassles involved with the island, like the restaurants and food issues, rude Dutch people (most of them are quite nasty, IMHO), and the constant worry of theft from vehicles parked at dive sites. (We have never had anything stolen but you always have the worry, so leave windows down and nothing inside car that would cause a thief to break window to get it.)
Is there anyplace else where you can shore dive 24/7 like in Bonaire? Somewhere just as easy? I'd love to hear about others for next year's trip!
I think that we must have visited different islands.........I just returned from my 9th trip to Bonaire. On one dive we stopped counting at 20 turtles.
It seems like Bonaire is the yardstick for Caribbean diving by which all destinations are measured. Its mostly Bonaire VS this or Bonaire VS that threads that pop up from time to time.
For the Caribbean - in mostly descending order by available sites:Is there anyplace else where you can shore dive 24/7 like in Bonaire? Somewhere just as easy? I'd love to hear about others for next year's trip!