By Lambe Lamis 
Bonaire is a little island located about 120 miles off the coastline of Venezuela in the southern Caribbean. It is renowned for terrific diving. Absolutely everyone from amateur to superior divers will obtain anything to their liking listed here. While it has endured an occasional hurricane in its history, it is commonly thought of to be out of the hurricane belt, which enables for good diving calendar year round.
Bonaire is deemed by lots of, which includes myself, to be 1 of the greatest diving places in the world. I truly visited three periods inside a interval of eighteen months since I appreciate it so much. There’s something to be said for returning to spots you are acquainted and at ease with. The persons are warm. The method for accessing your tanks for shore diving is very user welcoming. Nitrox was not an supplemental cost, as the dive outlets felt it was vital to encourage its use to secure its divers. It is really also an island that’s incredibly quick to get all over. Rent a truck at the airport, and off you go.
To date, I’ve gone diving with ‘Buddy Dive’ and ‘Toucan Diving’ dive outlets. The two dive outlets had been very accommodating as significantly as employees goes. Toucan Diving had a ‘one-up’, nonetheless, as their dive boats are saved in a shielded region. You happen to be able to load your items and get your gear arranged prior to leaving the dock in serene waters. The Buddy Dive boats were on a dock adjacent to open up ocean, which was a great watch, but the boats were constantly slamming into the dock as divers were being trying to board with major equipment. You have to get your gear all set on the way to, or at the dive web site, for the reason that you just will need to sit down and cling on as the boat bangs absent though every person else is loading. A different purpose I favor Toucan Diving is one dive master in particular. His title is Jackson. He is ever enthusiastic about the sport despite performing it for years, and is normally creating a level to clearly show divers the interesting matters, like frog fish, and the air pocket at the 99′ deep Hilma Hooker wreck. Of the two dive outlets, Toucan diving has generally been my desire.
Bonaire’s maritime creatures are abundant. I started my first dive with a gorgeous floating spotted eagle ray, and noticed numerous much more as the week progressed. There had been also turtles on numerous dives. These will usually be some of my favorites. Bonaire also has numerous dive web pages where the seahorses have a tendency to assemble. These are undoubtedly a creature you will not see often, but I have viewed them on every single trip to Bonaire. There had been also a number of possibilities to see the frog fish, as very well as quite a few smaller creatures permitting for fantastic macro photography. There ended up a lot of more maritime animals which are entitled to honorable mention, but as well many to include things like them all in this article! Let us just say the diving in this article will get a definite thumbs up!!
Bonaire is properly known for its shore diving, and I have tried that lots of moments. Even though the liberty of the shore diving is great, the entries at quite a few sites are continue to quite challenging as they are often rocky and slippery. Be positive to look at your fingers simply because there are small eels everywhere you go (and no gloves allowed as Bonaire is regarded a marine sanctuary)! There are quite a few shore diving web-sites I do favor these types of as “Oil Slick” since you can enter by using platform ladder. We also like “Angel City” for the reason that that web site has by no means disappointed me. The outdated coral is a bit of a tough entrance, but it is really definitely really worth it when you bounce in and see all the squid that like to hold out listed here. I will generally like the boat diving very best due to the fact I like leaping suitable in to the drinking water with out the hazards of spraining an ankle on the way in (which happened to a close friend of mine even ahead of she designed it into the water)! Also, if shore diving, make confident not to leave anything at all important in the car or truck as I’ve listened to of theft issues, but have never skilled them.
So, irrespective of whether it can be boat diving or shore diving that fits you, you are going to uncover it in Bonaire. This quaint minimal island allows for both of those a comfortable and satisfying dive experience. Simply call your vacation agent, and pack your gear. Great diving in a tropical paradise awaits you. You can find no far better method for a great dive getaway.