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Toucan Diving/Plaza Resort Bonaire, May, 2006, by Gregory Kiyoi, CA, USA . Report 3044.
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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	The boat crews were not the most eager or helpful and some people did require help and had to ask for it repeatedly. The dive store/land portion was very accomodating, there were plenty of nitrox tanks whenever we needed them. Two analzyers were available right at the tank area. On the boats there was an analyzer on each boat. The two crew members on the boat we had, Jackson and Sherman, would "steal" the fruit juice that was given to them for the divers every morning. We didn't realize this until other members from our group switched boats and asked where the juice was! Jackson was very rude about tipping and using him for the pier dives as well. The diving was extremely EASY and we were able to get 30 dives in the 6 dive days we were there. The house reef at the resort was very nice as was Buddy's house reef as well. We dove the East side (next to the nudiest resort) and besides the 1/2 mile walk in knee high water, penetrating the surf break (of elkhorn and staghorn coral) it was an awesome dive and saw over 100 3-5' Tarpon. Well worth the work, but this is only for advanced divers. Red Slave was very disappointing - coral/fish wasn't too good there and we didnt' see anything big there either. White Slave is an awesome site and in the coral rubble on the way out there were tons of small life to see. The lake, Angel City, Alice in Wonderland, Aquarius, Salt city, The Invisibles were also very nice. We did several night dives at the Lake. The salt pier was an excellent twilight dive, which we did right before we did the town pier dive (at night). Karpata was excellent along with Ol' blue, Oil Slick Leap, 1000 steps, . Two of our group had a battery stolen at Ol' Blue, so when we got there we dove in "shifts" to avoid a similar incident. Town pier was incredible and after 90 minute dive we headed in and saw a 14+ lb spiny lobster eating a fish carcass. Casablanca and Cactus Blue were awesome restaurants worth a visit. All in all it was a great trip and very easy for the novice diver, with a lot to offer the advanced diver as well.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Turks & Caicos, Puerto Rico, Cayman, Florida, California, Channel Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
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	On the boat dives the crew mentioned a 60 minute dive limit, which we often exceeded and during our shore dives there were no limits.
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	Rinse bucket on the boats and at the dive shop. Most shore diving there was nothing unless you brought fresh water with you. This wasn't too much of a problem, you just need to put your camera in the car or out of the sun as you removed your gear or changed tanks.

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Dive Review of Toucan Diving/Plaza Resort Bonaire in
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