Just finished a wonderful week diving on Bonaire. JetBlue nonstop from JFK. Avis Pickup. Capt Dons Deluxe OceanFront Jr. Suit. Breakfasts and most lunches in.
19 dives, 5 of which were boat (La Dania's Leap, Country Garden, Small Wall, South Bay and Angel City), 5 solo and 2 night. With the truck we dove Salt Pier and Bari's twice. Surf and swells were up when we arrived but settled down during the course of the week and the vis improved as well. Dove Capt Dons House Reef and Cliff multiple times every day.
We enjoyed the diving with lots of the usual suspects but only one turtle and no seahores or frogfish. They were out there but we just didn't find them. Highlights were a 4-5' green moray swimming at La Dania's, marble size juve trunkfish, Longsnout Butterfly in the orange phase, a very large grouper, and schools of very friendly Palometas and shy Ballyhoos or Baloas (silver needlefish) by the Capt Don dock.
New this year for us were: Dining at Chefs. We thoroughly enjoyed the food and experience. The evening lasted 3.5 hours and cost was about $300; Isidel Park, the new park at Bari’s. The new ramp into the water makes the access super easy. The water side restaurant, krioyo fusion, is run by an award winning Bonaire’s chef, and worth checking out.
This was our sixth trip with detailed trip reports posted in the past. Please let me know if I can answer any questions.
Will post some u/w pics and short videos when I have some more time
19 dives, 5 of which were boat (La Dania's Leap, Country Garden, Small Wall, South Bay and Angel City), 5 solo and 2 night. With the truck we dove Salt Pier and Bari's twice. Surf and swells were up when we arrived but settled down during the course of the week and the vis improved as well. Dove Capt Dons House Reef and Cliff multiple times every day.
We enjoyed the diving with lots of the usual suspects but only one turtle and no seahores or frogfish. They were out there but we just didn't find them. Highlights were a 4-5' green moray swimming at La Dania's, marble size juve trunkfish, Longsnout Butterfly in the orange phase, a very large grouper, and schools of very friendly Palometas and shy Ballyhoos or Baloas (silver needlefish) by the Capt Don dock.
New this year for us were: Dining at Chefs. We thoroughly enjoyed the food and experience. The evening lasted 3.5 hours and cost was about $300; Isidel Park, the new park at Bari’s. The new ramp into the water makes the access super easy. The water side restaurant, krioyo fusion, is run by an award winning Bonaire’s chef, and worth checking out.
This was our sixth trip with detailed trip reports posted in the past. Please let me know if I can answer any questions.
Will post some u/w pics and short videos when I have some more time
