cachow6
Registered
Hey everyone,
I’m going to be going to Bonaire for the first time in July and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve been reading a lot about it and I’m really looking forward to the all-you-can-dive freedom feeling. My wife and I will be there for 6 days and while I want to keep our opjtions flexible, I also don’t know when we’ll be able to go back so there are cerain sites I want to see for sure. My main question is how to plan dives such that the depth makes sense in order to make at least 3-4 dives per day. We’ll be diving nitrox and we’ll be there for 6 days. From what I can tell most of the sites have stuff to see anywhere from 30-100 feet. My experience thus far has always been to do the depest dive of the day first and shallower dives as the day goes on. I’m wondering which sites I should take advantage of first thing in the day, and thus can spend more time in the 100 ft range, vs which sites I should reserve for the 3rd or 4th dive of the day. For example, it seems like Salt Pier would be an ideal afternoon dive given the shallow depth, while the Hilma is best experienced in the 90 ft range.
For reference, some of the sites I’m hoping to hit for sure are:
Karpata
Ol’ Blue
1000 Steps
Andrea I/II
Cliff
Bari Reef
Something Special
The Lake
Hilma Hooker
Angel City
Alice in Wonderland
Salt Pier
Invisibles
Margate Bay
I don’t want to plan out too much but I do want to make sure I’m picking sites in an order that makes some sense. Thanks for any advice or considerations! Also please let me know if this is something that I just shouldnn’t be worrying about too much.
I’m going to be going to Bonaire for the first time in July and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve been reading a lot about it and I’m really looking forward to the all-you-can-dive freedom feeling. My wife and I will be there for 6 days and while I want to keep our opjtions flexible, I also don’t know when we’ll be able to go back so there are cerain sites I want to see for sure. My main question is how to plan dives such that the depth makes sense in order to make at least 3-4 dives per day. We’ll be diving nitrox and we’ll be there for 6 days. From what I can tell most of the sites have stuff to see anywhere from 30-100 feet. My experience thus far has always been to do the depest dive of the day first and shallower dives as the day goes on. I’m wondering which sites I should take advantage of first thing in the day, and thus can spend more time in the 100 ft range, vs which sites I should reserve for the 3rd or 4th dive of the day. For example, it seems like Salt Pier would be an ideal afternoon dive given the shallow depth, while the Hilma is best experienced in the 90 ft range.
For reference, some of the sites I’m hoping to hit for sure are:
Karpata
Ol’ Blue
1000 Steps
Andrea I/II
Cliff
Bari Reef
Something Special
The Lake
Hilma Hooker
Angel City
Alice in Wonderland
Salt Pier
Invisibles
Margate Bay
I don’t want to plan out too much but I do want to make sure I’m picking sites in an order that makes some sense. Thanks for any advice or considerations! Also please let me know if this is something that I just shouldnn’t be worrying about too much.