Jim Funk
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heading to Bonaire in about 20 minutes... 8th trip... any suggestions on 'off the beaten path' shore diving sites?
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Thanks Atom... we were thinking about Cai if weather permits... Taylormade and Candyland are in our regular rotation and we will do Slagbei this time if weather/currents permit, but are looking for some less known/local knowledge sites. Love the far south and we usually do a couple on 'on way' trips down there.
For the ultimate 'off the beaten path on Bonaire' diving with Bas Tol is the way to go, he's got the experience and the knowledge to get you to places that aren't dived too often.
heading to Bonaire in about 20 minutes... 8th trip... any suggestions on 'off the beaten path' shore diving sites?
We did Boka Slagbai and Bise Morto our first trip to Bonaire many years ago. Did not care for Boka Slagbai but loved Bise Morto. Would love to dive Bise again as a 2 tanker but the required drive through the park has stopped us from returning. In fact we haven't been back to the park since out first time. It may not always be that way but the road was so bad that there were some ruts that we almost got lost in. We were genuinely concerned the car might not survive the trip!I want to reemphasize, since upon reread I make it look like it's easy... do it with a guide for the first few times!
I didn't find Boka Slagbai to be that interesting (although it has a big sandy area which we sometime use to do pictures of us holding signs with messages for friends back home), and we usually get there late, I don't think we've ever been there without having the park rangers telling us to move out since they want to close the park (we always get out just at the last minute). Next time I want to do Bise Morto, just because we haven't done it yet, since it looked like a lot of work schlepping the gear down to the water. The guides all promise big fish over there, but that seems like wishful thinking to me.
We've also found some strange stuff underwater in the south (buoy tied to the bottom floating at 10m depth) and there seem to be some kind of coral nursery around Kali's reef (we drifted from Oil slick to Weber's Joy).
And speaking of less dived sites.... has anybody dove the mangrove? It should be interesting no?