Dive Review of
Bonaire Dive & Adventure/An apartment in
Bonaire/Bari Reef area

 Akumal, Belize, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Florida Keys, Roatan 

Dive Conditions

None.  

Great opportunities for excellent photos.  Many seahorses and frogfish. 
Northern reefs had larger fish and better visibility.  Learn to use macro -
lots of tiny creatures.  We have a Sony Cybershot that's a few years old. 
It takes excellent videos and we have many of turtles, squid, octopi,
seahorses and frogfish.    

Overall Rating

We stayed in Bonaire for 2 weeks.  We met other diver friends from previous
Bonaire encounters.  We stayed in a newer ocean-front apartment.  Last year
we had a studio on the parking lot side, but this time we had an ocean
front one bedroom unit.  It was fully equipped and the only critters we had
for 2 weeks was a 2" gecko and a pidgeon on our balcony.  We have
found this to work better for us than staying at a resort.  There is more
"down time" after diving and we were able to cook breakfast,
lunch and a few dinners in the apartment.

We used Bonaire Dive & Adventure for the second time.  Andre' is a
wonderful person who really understands how to cater to the customer.  We
had a "situation" last year with our gear and Andre' proved to us
that he is a "man of his word."  We will only use BDA from now
on.  His staff is very attentive and professional.  We did all shore dives,
but they interacted with us often.

In 2 weeks' we did 30 shore dives each, most of them were 60-80 minutes
long. Our favorite reefs were Bari (lots of species of fish, squid, octopi,
etc.),Yellow Submarine (seahorses & frogfish), Something Special
(frogfish), 1,000 steps, Karpata, Salt Pier (schools of baracuda),
Invisibles (double reef), Witcheshut, and ... a little known reef, Taylor
Maid (north end, pristine corals, large green morays, turtles).

Our favorite restaurants are Mona Lisa (for bar bites) and Cafe de Paris. 
Richard's is great, also.  Check out the "Last Bite Bakery," and
it's worth the effort to find the "More for Less" grocery store.

Pack half the clothes you think you'll need and double-up on some of your
dive gear (2 masks, if prescription).  The dive shops on the island aren't
"overstocked."  Watch for sand flees & sunburn! 

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