Dive Review of Dive Boniare/Dive Flamingo in
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Dive Boniare/Dive Flamingo, Jul, 2006, by Joe Friedman, TX, USA ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 2862.
No photos available at this time
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 has the best diving in the Carribean. 5 seahorses on one dive and turtles are common. No hurricane worries because the island is so far south. The Flamingo/Dive Bonaire operation is OK to very good. Buy the breakfast meal package, and if you are a big eater, maybe lunches for the days you are going to do an afternoon dive--otherise do the Chibi Chibi a la carte. Go to town for dinner--really high class resturants with fine dining abound. On the dive boat, try to stay with the same boat and crew for the week. Once the crew gets to know you and realize you aren't a hassle, they become a lot of fun. Be prepared for a range of divers from newbies to grandmothers, all of whom are looking for what Bonaire has to offer--carefree, extremely easy diving. If you want to do what you want, when you want, how you want--rent a car and shore dive and leave the boat crowd behind.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Bay Islands, Cozumel, Fiji, Papua New Guinea
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	30-80 Ft/ 9-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Time limits on dives were usually enforced, and depth limits were suggested.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	I have stopped shooting, but Bonaire is a great place to get photos. Set up on boat is OK, but there are lots of non-photographers and if you freak out when a kid rinses his mask in the camera bucket, this is not your dive operation.

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Dive Review of Dive Boniare/Dive Flamingo in Bonaire

Dive Boniare/Dive Flamingo, Jul, 2006,

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Dive Review of Dive Boniare/Dive Flamingo in
Bonaire