Bonaire's East Coast Diving
Divers all over
the world know about the easy and yet gorgeous shore diving
of Bonaire. The island is already called the "Shore diving
capital of the world" for many years.
However,
Bonaire also offers something else. The east coast of
Bonaire is often refferred to as the "Wild side". Still,
this side of the island offers several locations where
diving is possible.
East
Coast Dive Sites:
Baby
Beach
Full surf entry and exit, a coral reef that is hardly
interesting. Why go here? Big Game! Here we often see Reef
Shark and Nurse Shark. Huge Southern Sting Rays resting in
the sand are almost guaranteed.
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Big
Sponge
The dreamiest of all drift dives!
The drop off along this section of coast line is a very
gradual slope.
Thus stretching out the area of most abundant coral growth
between 25 and 50 feet to a seemingly endless and luscious
reef.
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Black
Rock
A great mix of beautiful coral and interesting fish
life. This dive starts with a 3 feet high giant stride. The
shallows at the top of the drop off are best described as a
being a Swiss Cheese.
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Boka
Onima
What makes this dive so special is the coral. From what
we have seen so far, this is the most beautiful coral reef
around the island. The coral formations are found between 60
and roughly 100 feet.
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Boka
Spelonk
An all out spectacular dive with lots of stuff to check
out along the way. Somewhat intimidating looking from
topside but ever so beautiful below the water.
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Boka
Washikemba
This dive is lots of fun. There is a nice stretch of
coral reef between 60 and 100 feet. But the real fun part is
toward the end of the dive where there are many very large
rock formations which make for a labyrinth of caverns,
bridges, tunnels and holes to swim through.
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Ireland
A stunning coral dive which derives its name from two
truly unique and extremely large patches of Pencil Coral. It
sort of gives you the idea of the grassy meadows on the
hills of Ireland.
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Lac
Cai
An amazing fish dive and of all east coast dives this is
the most accessible one with a very easy and sheltered entry
and exit.
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Lac
Cai at night
If you like night dives, this one is a must do dive! We
have night dived many sites on the west coast of Bonaire as
well as some different sites on the east coast. But none of
them produce such large numbers of critters at night as Cai.
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Smurf
City and the Spelonk Drift Dives
Smurf City is named for its stunning coral garden. It is
made up of huge brain and star coral formations all packed
very close together and situated on a rolling hill. Like a
village of large mushrooms on a hill.
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The
Chairs
Another wonderful drift dive with gorgeous coral reef and
some interesting features to top it off.
The shallows have several Elkhorn Corals of monumental
proportions. They make a diver next to it look small.
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