Instant Reader Report
on Divi Dive / Divi Flamingo in
Bonaire / [N/A] on
2003/06
by
Irv Kaplan , NV, USA
Report Number 030904003227498

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 Kaui, Maui & Kona - April/May 2002, Roatan - Dec 2002, French Polynesia
- Jan 2003 

Dive Conditions

20 minutes on the Hilma Hooker (we were diving Nitrox) and wasted half a
tank.  

No camera tables, and recharging station in dive shop was inadequate  

Overall Rating

In my opinion if you are going to do boat diving, do 2 tank boat dives, so
you can go further north & south and spend more time on Klein. Divi's
charge and arrangements for Nitrox were poor. They don't do their own
Nitrox fills (not enough requests). I expected to pay an extra $100 for
the week, ended paying closer to $200. They charge per tank. Testor
provided was poor and tanks weren't always filled to 3000 psi. Long haul
of tanks to truck for shore diving. Shore diving from the Divi is
excellent. Easy gear up, entry and exit. Good location for night dive. If
I was doing primarily boat diving, I would stay at Divi, but if I was
doing primarily shore, then I would use a hotel with drive thru fill
station (Buddy Dive - even though I don't care for their dive staff).

The Divi Flamingo has renovated their hotel rooms. We had the ocean view
rooms (I highly recommend the second floor). Their restaraunt stills has
some very good food, at reasonable prices with, for Bonaire, good &
fast service. I love their ice coffee and their ice cream. A short walk to
downtown, which my non-diving wife appreciated, and a small beach. Watch
out for the KLM crews, they have a tendancy to take over.

Next visit we will try the Belmont Apartments, with Toucan Diving.

If you rent a car (truck) make sure they show how to work the AC and the
different keys.

Town Pier, if you've done it once, don't do it again. There are still alot
of critters in the garbage, but its so over dove that the piers don't have
much animal life on them. We went in with a small group and got
overwhelmed by a hoard of uncontrolled divers. Someone even had a large
cave light blinding everyone. Dive Salt Pier as a Twilight and Night dive,
and watch the tarpons feed off your lights. 

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