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WannaDive/Golden Reef Inn, Feb, 2008, by Russell Fairfield, NJ, USA ( 1 report). Report 3861.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	"Bonaire Shore Diving Made Easy" is a great guide for dive planning. Like the Salt Pier dive better than the Town Pier night dive. Pod of 12-15 dolphins cruised by Alice in Wonderland, heard them before we saw them. Freedom of shore diving is awesome. Grab your tanks and go wherever you want. The people are teh best as well. The folks at Carib Inn tweaked a misbehaving Mares Octo for nothing. And I can't say enough about how helpful Water Planet and FishEye Photo were (see UWP comments). Awesome hard and soft corals, sponges, etc. Lots of reef fish, but not huge diversity. Some bigger critters down south thanks to currents probably. Saw a great little frog fish at Witches hut, but no seahorses. Told another couple about the frog fish and they found him the next day. Wannadive tank process and storage at Eden Rock worked well. We stayed in one of the Golden Reef Inn studios. Comfortable, basic accomodations. We're low maintenance so it worked great for us. Walked 2 blocks to the main Inn for breakfast with Giby each morning. Enjoy his company and ask questions, he will set you up. His Tuesday dinner party is one of the best deals going, if he has room. Would stay with Golden Reef again. Shouarma from the stand at the Sand Dollar market makes a great lunch at great price. Some folks mentioned high food prices. We asked dive staff where they ate and got some great value recommendations. Try Mi Bananna, huge fish plate for $12-$15 with local flavor. We will be going back. Since you dive out of the back of your rental truck not sure if its worth paying the diff for a waterfront resort??
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Turks&Caicos, Cozumel, St.Croix, St. Martin, Belize, Aruba, Kona, Maui
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	81-0°F / 27--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Respect the Marine Park rules, no gloves.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	We had trouble with our strobe and stumbled across Tim at FishEye Photo, who was a huge help. Ultimately he didn't have a compatible strobe for our system and suggested the folks at Water Planet might be able to help us. Muriel at WaterPlanet LOANED me her Ikelite strobe for 3 days, and saved our photo dives. Took a 1/2 day class with Tim. Well worth it and the least we could do after all the time he spent troubleshooting with us!

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Dive Review of WannaDive/Golden Reef Inn in Bonaire

WannaDive/Golden Reef Inn, Feb, 2008,

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Dive Review of WannaDive/Golden Reef Inn in
Bonaire