Bonaire DivingAround Awesome Coral ReefsBonaire Diving is world renowned for its beautiful corals populating its western coast. Bonaire is part of the Netherlands Antilles, together with neighboring Curacao and on the other extreme of the Caribbean: St Maarten, Saba Island and Statia. Bonaire is 112 square miles in area with a width of 3 to 7 miles and a length of 25 miles. It has many beautiful beaches. It is the “B” in the “ABC” Islands together with Aruba and Curacao. Click here to Share your Story
Bonaire has some of the Best Caribbean Beaches Bonaire important facts
• Official Name: Bonaire • Capital: Kralendijk • Location: Caribbean, north of Venezuela • Area: 112 square mile • Population: 18,000 • Language: Dutch, Papiamentu , English and Spanish • Money: Netherlands Antillean Guilder • Religion: Baptist, Catholic, Protestant and others Best Caribbean Sport Event
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The exotic beaches are ideal for Bonaire Diving
Getting to Bonaire Many companies offer regular schedule flights to Bonaire From North America • American Airlines• Continental• Delta From Europe • KLM flies regularly from Amsterdam From the Caribbean • American Airlines• Dutch Antillean• Divi Divi Air• Insel Air• Tiara Air From South America • KLM fies from Quito, Ecuador• Transaven Airlines flies from Venezuela• Rainbow Air Another option is flying from North America, South America or Europe to Curacao or Aruba and taking a short connecting flight from there to Bonaire. Bonaire Weather Because the geographical location the weather is all year warm accompanied by the breezes common to all Caribbean Islands. The water temperature averages around the 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The visibility underwater is as far as 100 feet because the waters are clean and unspoiled.
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Beaches that are great for Bonaire Diving • Playa Frans - This beach on the northern coast is near Slagbaai. It is worth visiting after some hard work to get there. • Thousand Steps Beach - The name comes from its situation quite far down from the road. The effort is worthwhile because scuba diving is great and because it is almos never visited by tourists and locals. • Boka Bartol - This beach is on the northeastern coast. This is a nice beach for Bonaire diving, although it is not recommended to go deeper then 60 feet. There are beautiful coral walls and many fish species can be found here. • Playa Funchi - It is located on the west of the island. Lizards and iguanas roam around freely on the beach. It is great site for Caribbean Snorkeling. • Boka Slagbaai - This beach has rocks and some sand. It is worth visiting for a relax beach day. • Playa Chikitu - It is located on the north coast of the island. It has very strong underwater currents and huge waves, therefore swimming is prohibited • Boka Kokolishi - It is also on the north coast and has pools made of volcanic origin. Being on the north side it is not good for swimming. • Bachelor Beach - This beach is good for swimming, this is a thin strip of sand where you can lay your towel and spend a great beach day. • Pink Beach - Snorkeling is great on this beach. It is ideal for family get-together. It is also ideal for the practice of Scuba Diving Caribbean. • Lac Bay - This is “The Place” for good swimming that is loaded with tourists and locals alike.
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Bonaire Diving As mentioned Bonaire is synonym to Scuba Diving. In recent years it has become a very important sport in the island. That is why Bonaire has taken all kind of measures to preserve the vast underwater world surrounding its shores. To accomplish this it has established and important Marine Park. Bonaire’s reefs and marine life are unique, because the protection that the government has implemented for more than 20 years. It is considered on of the best diving environments in the world. CURO, the Council of Underwater Resort Operators regulates the standards and practices that have helped preserve the reefs and the ecosystem that maintains them. Every diver has to go through a briefing and check of equipment before venturing into a great diving experience. A Marine Park Tag is then purchased that is valid for a year. I recommend the following scuba companies that will make sure your Bonaire Diving is the best ever
Wannadive Bonaire has always specialized in providing service that allowed their guests to take advantage of that unique natural feature the awesome shore diving that made Bonaire world famous. With three convenient pick up - drop off points for tanks on the island, Wannadive Bonaire has achieved a level of service that is second to none. Our dive facilities have it all and we invite you to come and have a look. The owners, Roeland "Bob" Labots and Bart Snelder, are experienced, dedicated PADI dive instructors and Bonairean veterans. Their casual way of providing world class service with a smile, has built a name for itself. Many guests return to enjoy to be greeted as family. Wannadive Bonaire is located on two oceanfront properties: Eden Beach Resort and City Café. Eden Beach Resort is located 5 minutes north of the capital of Bonaire while City Café can be found right in the center of town. They also have a complete facility at their own small hotel The Wannadivehut.
This is a one stop resource for all dive professionals seeking timely and detailed information on Bonaire. On this site, you will find an annotated dive site map with site descriptions and underwater images of nearly 90 dive and snorkel sites, fast facts about the island, diving-related information including listings of local dive operators and hotels, special deals and packages being offered, the latest news from the island, and the airlines and businesses that serve it. Aqua Dreams is your dive travel company that specializes in individualized dive trips to the Caribbean. As an all diver staff that has visited all of our destinations we are able to match you up with the right destination, resort, dive operator and air carrier to meet your needs.
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Bonaire Diving is considered among the best in the world. This island is laid back, friendly and above all spectacular.
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Bonaire is located north of the coast of Venezuela near the sister islands of Curacao and Aruba
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