Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in
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Captain Don's Habitat: "Relaxing Diving", Oct, 2022, by Patrick Lynch, GA, US ( 2 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12179.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	The resort was comfortable and the diving was good. Nitrox was included at no charge for the boat dives and now also includes Nitrox tanks for the shore dives at no charge. There are 3 boat dives per day leaving at 8:30, 11:00 and 2pm. A signup board reserves your spot the boats and indicate if you require a nitrox tank. The board indicates what the schedule dive site for each boat. There were many dives which didn't go to the schedule site due to other boats on the mooring or weather conditions but that didn't result in disappointment for me. The sites were all consistently good. Many of the dive sites we visited were on Klein Bonaire, all very good. Nitrox fills were a consistent 32%. Boat dives leave from a large dock. Tanks are loaded based on number of divers on the dive. If you chose the same boat for subsequent dives during the day leave your gear on the boat and just disconnect your regulator from the tank valve. It is filled by the staff from a whip between dives (very convenient). The House reef is healthy and very easy to navigate. Snorkeling and house reef diving is done from a separate smaller dock with 2 benches for final gear adjustments and donning fins. This smaller dock had 2 sets of stairs for entry if you chose and for easy exit with gear. During the week a storm which created significant shore wave action destroyed a large portion of this smaller dock and rendered it unsafe to use for the remainder of the day. The staff worked tirelessly to repair enough portions of the dock and replace the destroyed stairs to allow snorkeling and house reef diving by the next day. The sea life was plentiful. We saw several Green Sea Turtles, many Large Tarpon, a few seahorse, one octopus, many filefish, trunkfish, sharp-nose and larger porcupine puffers, banded coral shrimp, lots of angels, creole wrasse and spotted drum to name a few. The locker area is convenient but could do with improvements. If don't get your lock on an upper locker early you are stuck with a lower level one and your will have the upper locker dripping into it constantly. There are 4 large rinse tanks , each with a faucet for use when necessary. The get pretty murky by the time the 3rd boat dive people are looking for a clean tank to use. Tank fills were alway generous both on the boat and at the distribution areas for house reef and shore diving. There was significant construction of new buildings and a pool in progress. I hope they do some upgrades to the locker area to support the larger expected clientele. The restaurant was good but the menu did not change so we ate off site every other day. Things to do before you go to Bonaire (easily accessible from their website)- Pay the visitors Tax and pay for the Marine Park annual pass. Have the QR codes available.
Websites	Captain Don's Habitat [same]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean, Key Largo, Socorro, Cozumel, Raja Ampat Indonesia, Maui, Kona, Sea of Cortez, Roatan
Closest Airport		Getting There	Direct flight from ATL. No problems.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No specific restrictions. Requested to limit dive times to less than 70 mins so other divers could get lunch before the afternoon boat.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Large bucket on boat for cameras and separate bucket for masks. Can't speak to camera bucket but the mask bucket had lots of sand in it on one dive.

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Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in Bonaire

Captain Don's Habitat: "Relaxing Diving", Oct, 2022,

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Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in
Bonaire