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Captain Don's Habitat: "Another Good Trip to Captain Don's", Sep, 2016, by Frank Hall, IN, US ( Sr. Contributor 23 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 9092.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	We've been going to Bonaire for many years. Much has changed. More traffic, cruise ships and diminished reef life. Lots of construction on the island and roads seem to open and close at will. The main road to the airport was open on Friday and closed Saturday when we left for the airport. Have a backup plan! I would avoid downtown on any day a cruise ship is in port. All that being said, for the money, Bonaire is still a great place to dive. We've stayed at Captain Don's our last few trips. We book an upper level Junior Suite. The U.L. Junior suites have a balcony overlooking the water, the L.L. Suites have a patio with a water view. The rooms are equipped with a coffee pot, microwave, small refridgerator, and sink. Basic dishes and utensils are included. There are plenty of grocery stores to stock the "fridge". If you haven't been to Bonaire before, there are tons of small fish and critters and the occasional turtle. The only really "big" stuff we've seen are Tarpon and Snappers. We noticed a lot of damaged and dead coral. Captain Don's has a great dive site right off their dock we saw Tarpon there every day. My dive bag didn't arrive in Bonaire. I only had my mask and regulator with me. Captain Don's said they would provide me with whatever I needed until my luggage arrived at no charge. I really appreciated the helping hand as I had anticipated having to rent the needed gear. Delta had my luggage in Bonaire the next afternoon.
Websites	Captain Don's Habitat
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Roatan, Belize, Little and Grand Cayman, Florida Keys
Closest Airport	Flamingo	Getting There	Direct flight on Delta Airlines out of Atlanta
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-82°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	70-80 Ft/ 21-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No gloves
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in Bonaire

Captain Don's Habitat: "Another Good Trip to Captain Don's", Sep, 2016,

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Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in
Bonaire