This was our fourth trip to Bonaire, and our second time staying at Captain Don's Habitat. We spent 17 days on the island and did 35 dives.
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Location
|
Bottom Time |
Depth |
Of Interest |
LaMachaca |
63 min |
59 |
Sand
divers, Sergeant Majors (nesting on boat), cleaner shrimp cleaned Kati’s
finger nails |
Bonaventure
(Klein Bonaire) |
60 min |
50 |
Night
dive: Lots of Orange Brittle Stars standing on coral – spawning. Very large
crab with pincher missing (righty). Many fish sleeping between rocks. One eel hiding out. |
Cliff |
62 min |
55 |
Nice easy
dive in calm waters. Visibility ~70
feet, water temp ~84. 2 large French
Angels. |
Thousand
Steps |
61 min |
50 |
Three
large, dark brown sea horses all spotted by the Dive Master. Large turtle swimming to the surface and
diving down to bottom. Very large
Parrot Fish. |
Ivisibles |
58 min |
45 |
Watched
blenny’s and small fish in the shallows.
Sharp tail eels and garden eels at bottom on sandy bottom between
double reef system. |
Karapata |
62 |
58 |
Spotted
the anchors in the reef, covered with corals. |
Cliff |
61 |
60 |
Free
swimming eel. Group of sea pearls. Squid – purple opalescence coloring. Was feeding in rocks. Would turn brown with entering rocks to
feed, then back to opal when watching us. |
Lamachaca |
58 min |
45 |
Night
dive: Free swimming eel feeding.
Large Tarpon (5 to 7 feet) joined us hunting in our lights. Lots of crabs coming out to feed. |
East
Shore - Cai |
55 min |
70 |
Dive with
“Larry’s Wild Side Diving” – fun dives on a Zodiac boat set up for rough sea diving. 7 turtles, 3 sting rays, very large green moray, Octopus spread
out over coral feeding. 1 small eagle
ray. |
East
Shore – Blue Hole |
55 min |
40 |
At least
50 Tarpon’s hanging around. Turtles, Eels, Manta Shrimp on sandy bottom. Lots and lots of Beautiful, large purple
sea fans. |
Bon Bini
Na Cas |
63 min |
58 |
Spotted
Drums, Spanish Hog fish was eating a Brittle Star. Carried it to a hiding
place to finish eating it. |
Witches
Hut (Webers Joy) |
64 min |
55 |
Nice reef
with lots of fish. Jim and I both
found a Sea Horse. The dive master was able to find 5 more. Many Banded Coral Shrimp. |
Angel
City |
65 min |
70 |
3
Barracuda in the sand between the double reef system. One of them followed us around for a
bit. Large Conch walking on the sandy
bottom at 70 feet. Jim spotted 5
squid in the shallows. We swam with them for quite a while watching them turn
colors and watch us. Three were
pointed one way, and the alternating two the other, as if keeping look out. |
Wind Sock |
63 min |
70 |
Large
green Moray Eel. Juvenile Jack Knife
fish. |
Oil Slick
Leap |
61 min |
63 |
Short
jump to 15 foot waters, very clear.
Drums and a little current at the reef. Lots of nice fish along a beautiful reef. |
Ole Blue |
65 min |
50 |
Beach
entry – out across sand, Jim spotted a small Octopus under a small brain
coral. The Octopus was still there
when we returned. Lots of current
heading North. Many small
non-stinging Jellies at exit. |
La
Machaca |
68 min |
55 |
Many
Moray Eels. Intermediate Juvenile Smooth Trunk Fish (large pea size). 2 Scorpion fish. Saw both orange Frog Fish that are neat the tug. One at 50 feet on an orange sponge, and
the other at 30 feet on corals. |
Cliff |
60 min |
50 |
Night
Dive: Lots of eels and beautiful
feeding corals. |
Jerry’s
Reef |
65 min |
55 |
Large Barracuda and one turtle. |
Cliff |
65 min |
60 |
Very cold
parts – down to 82 some places. Beautiful corals. Fragile Saucer corals,
Honey Comb and Plate Corals. Sheet
Corals and Scroll Corals all along the wall.
Both Frog Fish at the boat on the way back. |
LaMachaca |
55 min |
50 |
Both Frog
Fish at boat. Eel swimming and
hunting. Lots of crabs and banded
shrimp. Octopus at 10 feet on swim
back to baby doc. |
Small
Wall |
70 min |
70 |
Frog Fish
at 38 feet on a large orange sponge.
It was so difficult to spot even when pointed out by the Dive Master. |
La
Machaca |
50 |
60 |
Frog Fish
at boat (2), Scorpion fish and Jawfish in shallows. There were 8 beginner divers following us around. |
Hilma
Hooker |
30 min |
100 |
Ship
Wreck: Barracuda at 50 feet during decent.
Boat is getting nice coral growths.
Seven Tarpon in a row, with the largest on top – unusual schooling for
them. |
Cliff |
60 min |
50 |
Pea fish
(juvenile trunk) in 10 feet. Literally
looks like a pea popping around the corals.
Juvenile and intermediate Yellow Tail Damsel at boat. Sergeant Majors nipping at my pink fins –
they were nesting. Watched them
laying purple eggs for a while. |
Knife |
61 min |
55 |
Large
school of Black Durgeon (over 300) in the shallows. Lots of corals and nice reef on Klein Bonaire. |
Salt City |
40 min |
65 |
Strong
southern current. Brown garden
eels. Spent most of the time hoping
to see a spotted eagle ray – no luck. |
Salt Peir |
65 min |
40 |
Night
Dive: The BEST DIVE on Bonaire. On entry we spotted an Spotted Eagle Ray
that swam around in our lights for a few minutes. Spotted Moray Eel and a Many Toothed Conger Eel free swimming
and eating along the bottom. A large
school of silver / blue small fish.
Multiple Barracuda, one really large.
1 Frog Fish. Jim saw 5 large Squid. |
Bonaventure |
68 min |
75 |
One large
sea horse (brown, ~ 6 inches). Along
reef and back in beautiful shallows.
Large purple tube sponges and sea fans. Lots of fish. Slender
File Fish and lots of Brittle Stars. |
Cliff |
62 |
55 |
Some
current. A few eels along the reef
and one large one just under the rope back to baby doc. A Band Tail Puffer in the shallows. |
Andrea II |
65 |
78 |
Large eel
sleeping. Small Turtle swam about for
a bit then cruised off. Sharp tail
eels foraging in the reef. |
Cliff |
55 |
67 |
Free
swimming Eels looking for food. Lots
of sharp Tail Eels. |
Cliff |
58 |
55 |
Cloudy
day, thunder and lightening while we were under. You could hear the rain and see the lightening at 40 feet. No Frog Fish today – last dive. |
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