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Bruce Bowker's Carib Inn, Jul, 2010, by Ron & Dawn Steedman, FL, US ( Top Contributor 39 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 5620.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Bonaire is one of our favorite places to dive in the Caribbean, and the Carib Inn is the place to be. We flew to Curacao on AA this time (sky miles) connecting with DAE one way and Divi the other. We arrived a little later than anticipated,which often happens,so put off the grocery shopping for the next day. The Inn was clean and welcoming, and we always find remodeling has been done. After unpacking our frozen goods, we walked to town to eat at Karels overlooking the water. On subsequent nights we ate at Capt Don's and Chibi-Chibi - also overlooking the beautiful aqua sea.The house reef and boats are just footsteps from our door. We mostly dive from the boats, but dive the house reef at least once each trip. This time at the house reef we found hunting jacks, a green moray, peacock flounder, 2 large tarpons, spotted drums, angels, and numerous others- a very prolific area. The boats go out at 8:30 & 1:30 sharp; it is a quick boat ride and easy backward roll into the water.This trip we went north to Country Gardens, south to the Salt Pier via Jeanie's Glory and to Red Slave Huts, also Klein, and the Hilma Hooker. We did one of our favorite dives- Angel City with it's double reef system - we never know what will be cruising down the channel between the reefs here. We did sight a spotted eagle ray here, though not in the channel. One of our dive masters, Karen, seemed to find all the frogfish-3 at one site- and red and yellow sea horses. Bonaire is a very prolific area, and we always see sea turtles. We are glad to report we only saw 2 small lionfish our entire time there. Our only disappointment was that we were unable to go to the other coast of Bonaire for the second year in a row- they have a shortage of employees in July due to vacations.
Websites	Bruce Bowker's Carib Inn
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Grand Turk, St. Thomas, Palm Bch., Fla Keys, Barbados, Roatan, Belize, Cozumel Florida Keys, Palm Beach, Barbados, Hawaii, Grand Cayman-East End.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	76-90 Ft/ 23-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No facilities on these small, fast, open boats. Dive masters will gladly hand cameras to divers.

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Dive Review of Bruce Bowker's Carib Inn in Bonaire

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Dive Review of Bruce Bowker's Carib Inn in
Bonaire