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Bonaire East Coast Diving: "Bonaire's Other Side", Nov, 2017, by Blake Hottle, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 9990 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This was the 3rd time my wife and I made the short trip to Lac Bay on Bonaire's East Side to take a two tank morning dive trip with Bonaire East Coast Diving. The windy east side of the island looks different above and below water. Above, the almost constant waves make shore diving much more difficult than the popular leeward west side. Below, the attraction is big stuff. Rays, Sharks, Tarpons,Turtles and huge sea fans. These are drift dives over sometimes pretty choppy water, but the rigid hulled inflatable handles the ocean well. It's a backwards roll to enter the water, and a ladder to get back in the boat. It's easy to get back in because they have a very cool removable section of the inflatable wall of the wall. Martin, the captain, and Kim, the guide were simply outstanding, as were Fred and Bob two years ago. Safety is a big concern on rough water, and Kim and Martin managed convey a lot of important information without making it a lecture. There are a number of rules to insure safety of the divers and protection of the wildlife. We have always seen lots of wildlife. Swimming into a school of over 60 tarpon at White Hole. Sneaking up on very large sleeping green turtles at Turtle City. Because these are drift dives, you do need to stay together as a group. The sites are just outside Lac Bay, so you are not spending a great deal of time on the boat. It is a very different side of Bonaire that we can't wait to come back to.
Websites	Bonaire East Coast Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bay Islands Honduras, Bonaire, Hawaii, Virgin Islands, Belize, Oregon, Washington, Southern California, Raja Ampat, Bali
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depending on the particular location you can dive your own profile to an extent. But this is drift diving. There is time to poke around in certain areas, but sometimes, and you will be warned ahead of time, you have to move with the group for safety reasons.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	I brought my own cooler with water for my camera. They made room without complaint. It's 8 divers on a fast and light inflatable, so I did not fault them for not having a rinse tank for cameras.

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Dive Review of Bonaire East Coast Diving in Bonaire

Bonaire East Coast Diving: "Bonaire's Other Side", Nov, 2017,

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Dive Review of Bonaire East Coast Diving in
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