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Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in
Bonaire/Kalendjik

Captain Don's Habitat, Jun, 2005,

by Rindy and Janet Clayton, WV, US . Report 2064.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 5 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving 5 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments True natives not all that friendly but translplants were extremely nice. Case in point, owner of Chat 'n Browse (from Connecticutt I think) loaned us his binoculars for our drive tour around the island. He didn't ask for collateral, ID, NOTHING!!!!Amazing trust! Humidity was terribly high and temps in low 90's but the wind kept it tolerable, barely-HA. I wish we had known to be prepared to pay for small purchases in Dutch $. When using American, locals were either ignorant on conversion or very conniving--they would cheat you nearly every time. Also wished we had brushed up on Centigrade to Farenheit conversion. Oven in our rental cabin was in centigrade!! Luckily we weren't trying anything critical and muddled through. A guide taped to the wall would have been helpful!! We flew round trip on American/American Eagle and had no lost/delayed luggage, no missed flights, no problems!

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 51-100 dives
Where else diving Bimini, Cancun/Cozumel, Florida Keys, freshwater lake and river in WV
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy, dry Seas calm
Water Temp 80-0°F / 27--18°C Wetsuit Thickness 0
Water Visibility 30-80 Ft/ 9-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions when on Capt. Don's boat, we were told to reverse direction and head back to the boat at 'xxx' psi.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish 2 stars
Large Pelagics 1 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Photograph shop on premises, but was not staffed a lot of the time because he would be out on the boat. Very annoying. Had to go chasing around to find someone to help us in the meantime.
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