Dive Review of Divi Flamingo in
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Divi Flamingo, Sep, 2014, by Deborah W Campbell, MD, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 7733 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Seventh or eighth trip to Bonaire (but it had been a while... last trip was in 2008.) Flew on Delta's Friday flight, which going and returning was only about half-full. It was great to travel on Fridays: fewer airport crowds everywhere, the only large plane landing in Bonaire that afternoon (less time in line for Immigration and waiting for luggage.) Took less than an hour to get through Immigration, Customs and TSA security in Atlanta when returning to USA. Not sure Delta can continue this Friday service unless it becomes more popular, but it was a lot less hassle than Saturday travel. First time at Divi. Resort is older, but room was clean and everything worked. Breakfast buffet was good, as were the couple of meals we had at Chibi Chibi restaurant. Enjoyed 2-for-1 happy hours at the beach bar, accompanied by gorgeous sunsets. We'd purchased round-trip airport transfers with our package, which turned out to be screwed-up. While our Divi voucher said someone holding a sign would be outside at the airport, waiting to take us to Divi - that wasn't the case. A driver from another resort told us, "Divi never sends anyone to pick up people." So we took a taxi, and happily, the Divi front desk clerk paid the driver. We received a note in our room a couple of days before our check-out date. It said that our pick-up time to return to the airport would be 12:30pm, and to confirm this by calling the front desk. Did that and was told "thank you." After checking out, I asked the front desk clerk if we could just sit in the lobby until our 12:30pm pick-up to go to the airport. She told me there was NO pick-up. Again, called a taxi and driver was paid by Divi. This wasn't a huge issue, but why did Divi personnel put that note in our room? Excellent dive operation with friendly, professional employees, particularly Serge, the manager, as well as Orlando, Endro, Ruud and Rofino. Spacious dive boat ("Sea Queen") with large shaded area forward. Safety and environmental sensitivity were paramount with all Divi Dive people. Maximum divers we experienced on the boat was 11 one day (generally fewer, with one afternoon boat dive only 2 of us.) Convenient locker and rinse tank setup on dive dock. The only issue with Divi Dive is that they REALLY need to replace the O-rings in just about every tank. Fills were consistently 3000 psi or a bit more. Calabas, the Divi house reef, is quite a good dive (heading either north or south) with lots of fish and other critters. The dive sites on Klein Bonaire were simply spectacular, more colorful and with better viz than on the west coast dive sites. We were fortunate to see many turtles, a couple of tarpon, a large seahorse, a few schools of squid and a frogfish, among all the typical tropicals. Lionfish didn't seem as plentiful here as in other areas; we didn't see them on every dive. All in all, an excellent week of diving.
Websites	Divi Flamingo
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Numerous Caribbean destinations, Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	80-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits 60-70 feet, time limit 45 minutes (although most dives were longer)
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Large camera-only rinse buckets on boat and on dive dock, divemasters and boat captains very careful with camera equipment

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Dive Review of Divi Flamingo in Bonaire

Divi Flamingo, Sep, 2014,

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Dive Review of Divi Flamingo in
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