Bonaire Part4: Dive Info, Videos And Photos
Anemone - Dive #3 Bari Reef
Queen Angelfish - Dive #3 Bari Reef
Vase sponge and Featherstar - Dive #3 Bari Reef
Caribbean Reef Squid - Dive #3 Bari Reef
Rock Beauty - Dive #6 Barcadera
Spotted Moray Eel - Dive #7 Bari Reef
Filefish - Dive #7 Bari Reef
Mickey and Tim - Dive #14 Jeff Davis Memorial
French Angelfish - Dive #18 Salt Pier
Spotted Eagle Ray - Dive #23 Salt Pier
Here's a list of the dives we did on our recent trip to Bonaire. I've included a few notes and links to short videos (30 seconds or less) from those dives. All underwater photos and videos were taken by Tim with his brand new GoPro Hero 10.
Tim and Mickey did twenty three dives. I had a problem with blisters and had to skip a few, but I still ended up with seventeen dives.
Be sure to click on the photos to see the full size version. And click on the links in the list below to see the videos. Enjoy!
Tuesday December 6
Dive #1: Bari Reef
Time = 9:56am
Bottom time = 35 minutes
Max depth = 93 feet
Wednesday December 7
Dive #2 Bari Reef
Time = 9:34am
Bottom time = 36 minutes
Max depth = 62 feet
Video: A Trumpetfish hovers in soft coral
Dive #3 Bari Reef
Time = 11:56am
Bottom time = 36 minutes
Max depth = 66 feet
Video: Mickey and Steve in sandy shallows
Video: A Honeycomb Cowfish
Video: Steve, Mickey and Tim
Video: A big Tarpon
Dive #4 Bari Reef
Time = 4:14pm
Bottom time = 37 minutes
Max depth = 62 feet
Video: A lot of little fish and one very big fish
Video: A Sharptail Eel slithers along the sandy bottom
Thursday December 8
Dive #5 Monk's Haven
boat dive - Klein Bonaire
Time = 9:00am
Bottom time = 57 minutes
Max depth = 63 feet
Video: Tube sponges are common on the reefs
Video: A turtle swims by
Dive #6 Barcadera
boat dive
Time = 10:55am
Bottom time = 59 minutes
Max depth = 60 feet
Dive #7 Bari Reef
Time = 3:32pm
Bottom time = 48 minutes
Max depth = 63 feet
Video: Three filefish
Video: A Spotted Moray Eel, up close and personal
Video: A Flounder skims along the bottom
Friday December 9
Dive #8 Rockpile
boat dive
Time = 9:03am
Bottom time = 61 minutes
Max depth = 64 feet
Video: A school of Blue Tang
Dive #9 Mi Duschi
boat dive - Klein Bonaire
Time = 11:00am
Bottom time = 55 minutes
Max depth = 59 feet
Video: Tim does a giant stride
Dive #10 Bari Reef
night dive
Time = 7:06 pm
Bottom time = 38 minutes
Max depth = 44 feet
Video: Big tarpons on a night dive - close enough to touch
Video: Free swimming Spotted Moray Eel
Saturday December 10
Dive #11 Country Garden
boat dive - Klein Bonaire
Time = 9:04am
Bottom time = 52 minutes
Max depth = 54 feet
Dive #12 Just A Nice Dive
boat dive - Klein Bonaire
Time = 11:09am
Bottom time = 48 minutes
Max depth = 63 feet
Sunday December 11
Dive #13 Thousand Steps
Tim and Mickey only
Time = 9:25am
Bottom time = 37 minutes
Max depth = 80 feet
Video: Free swimming Green Moray Eel
Dive #14 Jeff Davis Memorial
Tim and Mickey only
Time = 10:49am
Bottom time = 39 minutes
Max depth = 72 feet
Video: Mickey approaching the top of the reef slope
Dive #15 Bari Reef
Time = 2:47pm
Bottom time = 48 minutes
Max depth = 58 feet
Dive #16 Bari Reef
night dive
Time = 7:34pm
Bottom time = 32 minutes
Max depth = 53 feet
Video: Lionfish on a night dive
Monday December 12
Dive #17 Hilma Hooker
Tim and Mickey only
Time = 9:20 am
Bottom time = 25 minutes
Max depth =94 feet
Dive #18 Salt Pier
Tim and Mickey only
Time = 10:25 am
Bottom time = 46 minutes
Max depth =56 feet
Video: A turtle looking for something to eat
Dive #19 Angel City
Tim and Mickey only
Time = 1:49 pm
Bottom time = 41 minutes
Max depth =70 feet
Dive #20 Bachelor's Beach
Tim and Mickey only
Time = 3:11 pm
Bottom time = 35 minutes
Max depth = 94 feet
Tuesday December 13
Dive #21 Bari Reef
Time = 9:50am
Bottom time = 36 minutes
Max depth = 55 feet
Dive #22 Bari Reef
Time = 11:04am
Bottom time = 38 minutes
Max depth = 72 feet
Dive #23 Salt Pier
Time = 12:59pm
Bottom time = 38 minutes
Max depth = 39 feet
Video: Multiple Queen Angelfish beneath the Salt Pier
Video: Large school of Sailors Choice, Yellow Snapper, Grunts, and more under the Salt Pier
Video: A beautiful Spotted Eagle Ray near the end of our last dive
