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Toucan Diving/Larry's Wild Side/Plaza Resort Bonaire, Jun, 2006, by David Rosen, MO, USA . Report 2545.
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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	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	We dove 6 boat dives with Toucan and 2 with Larry's Wild Side. Toucan took us to interesting dive sites. At each, we were given an hour's bottom time. A dive master went in with the divers, but you were allowed to do your own dive without the dive master. While there are few large fish, it was like diving in an aquarium. Clear water, heathly coral and tons of smaller reef fish. We saw many different eels, lots of spotted drum, a few turtle and a spotted eagle ray. We saw a bait ball on a shore dive, squid and octopus. This was wonderful, relaxed diving. Larry's Wild Side is a different experience. More surge and the water is more turbid, but in return, you see larger fish and how the fish act in water in motion. From what we read about Larry, it sounded like the diving would be a military operation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Each of the rules Larry has are related your your safety in what can be rough conditions. Larry's fills were all over 3000 PSI and he requires that you stay with his dive master so that he can make a safe pick-up at the end of the dive. I would dive with him again and recommend this dive to everyone. Plaza Resort is a family friendly place in very good repair. Rooms were spacious and the food service good, but very slow. The staff was uniformly friendly and helpful. The Resort is 5 minutes from town.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-120 Ft/ 15-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	1 hour per dive, 500 PSI at the end of the dive
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Each boat at Toucan had a dedicated tub for cameras, and had a dedicated rinse tank at the shop. No camera tables.

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Dive Review of Toucan Diving/Larry's Wild Side/Plaza Resort Bonaire in Bonaire

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Dive Review of Toucan Diving/Larry's Wild Side/Plaza Resort Bonaire in
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