For six months or so, we had the privilege of seeing this Frogfish (named 'Eduardina' by my nephew) nearly every dive. She is the most active Frogfish I've ever seen! Also lots of Boga action, including cleaning behavior.
Species ID'ed
French Grunt, Juvenile Bluehead Wrasse, Spotted Moray, Boga, Longlure Frogfish
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For nearly a year, every time we dove north of Andrea II, we saw this school of Bogas This time the Jacks and Barracuda were circling, looking for a meal.
Species ID'ed
Horse-eye Jack, Great Barracuda, Boga
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Right in the front of downtown Playa, this dive is always interesting. This time 2 beautiful Seahorses, a feeding Hawksbill Turtle and a band of parading French Grunts intent on nipping at our hands!
Species ID'ed
French Grunt, Longsnout Seahorse, Hawksbill Turtle
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A very popular night dive, but I like it better during the day due to the friendly fish. We saw swarms of amiable Angelfish, a Chain Moray, a Sharptail Eel and a pair of lovely Juvenile Spotted Drumfish.
Species ID'ed
Juvenile French Angelfish, Chain Moray, Juvenile Queen Angelfish, Bandtail Puffer, Smooth Trunkfish, Juvenile Spotted Drum, Trumpetfish, French Angelfish, Sharptail Eel, Spotted Moray
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Sometimes treacherous, this dive was as good as it gets. Famous for schooling Tarpon, we also say a Spotted Eagle Ray and two rare Nassau Grouper.
Species ID'ed
Male Sergeant Major guarding eggs, French Angelfish, Nassau Grouper, Juvenile Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Tarpon, scuba, Bluestriped Grunt, Various Grunts., Spotted Eagle Ray, Peacock Flounder
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On this dive off the Sabadeco Pier, we see a lovely Juvenile Spotted Drum swimming in front of a Nurse Shark and a pair of mating Spanish Lobsters.
Species ID'ed
Barracuda, Spanish Lobster, Nurse Shark, Spotted Drum
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Always a dramatic dive on the double reef system. We see a Hawksbill Turtle, A Spotted Eagle Ray cruise by and a huge Green Moray free-swimming.
Species ID'ed
Green Moray Eel, Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Alice in Wonderland, Hawksbill Turtle, Great Barracuda, Spotted Eagle Ray
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Besides the usual schools of Grunts and Goatfish, we saw a Scrawled Filefiswh, a Hawksbill Turtle, Horse-eye Jacks, A Saucereye Porgy and a Barracuda cleaned by a juv. Spanish Hogfish.
Species ID'ed
Yellowhead Wrasse, Hawksbill Turtle, Saucereye Porgy, Trumpetfish, Scrawled Filefish, Horse-eye Jack, Juvenile Spanish Hogfish, Smooth Trunkfish, Great Barracuda, Juvenile French Angelfish
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Sand Dollar house reef, aka Bari Reef. This dive we saw a Seahorse, a Grouper cleaned by Gobies, Pikeblenny, Sailfin blenny, a playful Bandtail Puffer, Soapfish and Peacock Flounder.
Species ID'ed
Seahorse, Pike Blenny, Banded Puffer, Grouper, Sailfin Blenny, Soapfish, Peacock Flounder
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Just south of the usual entry is an easy sandy beach to get in. The double reef here is a series of deep islands. One of our favorite dives; spectacular scenery and usually lots of interesting things: This time a Barracuda with Sharksucker attached.
Species ID'ed
Mahogany Snapper, Tobaccofish, Yellowhead Jawfish, Sharptail Eel, Brown Garden Eel, Scamp, Horse-eye Jack, Spotted Eagle Ray, Great Barracuda, Sand Tilefish, Yellowfin Chromis, Sunshinefish, Schoolmaster, Spotfin Butterflyfish, Sharksucker, Porcupinefish
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Unnamed site between Fish Hut and Red Beryl. Easy entry. Soft coral jungle! Teeming with fish, just a spectacular site. Ran across a huge Hawksbill turtle encrusted with barnacles.
Species ID'ed
Glasseye Snapper, Scrawled Filefish, creolefish, Juvenile French Angelfish, Giant Anemone, Smooth Trunkfish, Trumpetfish, Juvenile Bluehead Wrasse, Slender Filefish, Saddled Blenny, Hawksbill Turtle, Coney
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Moderately easy entry at this beautiful south dive site. Be sure to explore the sand flats on the way out to the gorgeous reef. Loads of hard and soft coral, clouds of Chromis. We saw: Razorfish, Mojarra, Chub, Trunkfish, Grouper, etc...
Species ID'ed
Rosy Razorfish, Yellowmouth Grouper, Black Grouper, Great Barracuda, Black Margate, Spotted Trunkfish, Brown Chromis, Yellowfin Mojarra, Red Beryl, Sharptail Eel, Fairy Basslet, Touch-me-not Sponge, Shcoolmaster, Bermuda Chub, Coney
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Easy entry just north of Yellow Submarine Shop. Saw a Midnight Parrot, Scrawled Filefish and a Hawksbill turtle.
Species ID'ed
Scrawled Filefish, Midnight Parrotfish, Hawksbill Turtle
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Always dramatic with large schools under the pier. Saw Tarpon, Jacks and large school of Silversides in the shallows.
Species ID'ed
Horse-eye Jack, Scrawled Filefish, Tarpon, Smooth Trunkfish, Spotted Drum, Juvenile French Angelfish, Silversides, bonaire, Peacock Flounder, Queen Angelfish, Yellowtail Snapper, Greater Soapfish, Trumpetfish, Caribbean Reef Squid, Sergeant Major
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Friendliest fish in town! Saw A huge Scorpion fish on the north end. We also saw sextuplet juv. Spotted Drums!
Species ID'ed
Peacock Flounder, Spotted Drum, Tarpon, Smooth Trunkfish, Porcupinefish, Netherlands Antilles, Sharptail Eel, Juvenile Spotted Drum, Horse-eye Jack, Yellow Phase Coney, Foureye Butterflyfish, Sand Diver
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One of our favorites! Saw a huge lobster out for a stroll across the channel.
Species ID'ed
Tai Chi Diverfish, French Grunt, Rosy Razorfish, Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Long-spined Sea Urchin, Yellowhead Jawfish, Graysby
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Long swim (90 minutes plus) through dramatic terrain. Saw the rare Yellowbelly Hamlet and a Spotted Moray out hunting...rare during the day. Very nice dive.
Species ID'ed
Creole Wrasse, Barred Hamlet, Yellowmouth Grouper, Yellowbelly Hamlet, Porcupinefish, Yellow Goatfish, Honeycomb Cowfish, Spotted Moray, Rainbow Runner, Crinoid, Tang Gang, Black Margate
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We dive it a lot and still very much enjoy. Explored a bit deep and in the shallows found Tangs feasting on some dead comb jellies.
Species ID'ed
French Angelfish, Mantis Shrimp, Crinoid, Yellow Goatfish, Creole Wrasse, Pederson Cleaner Shrimp, Midnight Parrotfish, Great Barracuda, Blue Tang, Spot-winged Comb Jelly, Carribean Reef Squid, Butter Hamlet
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Sand Dollar house reef. Tour led by the incomparable Bill & Prawphan. This is the E-ticket dive tour! Amazing collection of critters on this reef. Highlights were turtles, seahorse, and a frogfish.
Species ID'ed
Chain Moray, Hawksbill Turtle, Horse-eye Jack, Juvenile French Angelfish, Longlure Frogfish, Longsnout Seahorse, Peacock Flounder, Spotted Moray, Swimming Crinoid, Trumpetfish, Whitespotted Filefish, Yellowface Pikeblenny
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One of Bonaires more spectacular shore dives. From the four foot jump in at La Danias, the deep vertical walls and the plunging reef dropoff, to the huge abundance of hard corals; a dive not to be missed.
Species ID'ed
Blackbar Soldierfish, Blue Tang, Boulder Star Coral, Brown Chromis, Caribbean Reef Squid, Creole Wrasse, Elkhorn Coral, Fairy Basslet, Fire Coral, Great Barracuda, Green Finger Sponge, Lettuce Sea Slug, Orange Elephant Ear Sponge, Queen Parrotfish, Sea Fan, Smallmouth Grunt, Spanish Hogfish Juvenile, Stoplight Parrotfish, Stove-pipe Sponge, Tang Gang, Tiger Grouper, Touch-me-not Sponge, White Filefish, Yellow Tube Sponge
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Another dive from the spectacular southern end of Bonaire. A soft coral haven with loads of fish. Can be a rough entry unless the surf is down (rare). Do not miss this one on calm days!
Species ID'ed
Azure Vase Sponge, Black Durgon, Blue Chromis, Brown Chromis, Coney, Creole Wrasse, Elkhorn Coral, Foureye Butterflyfish, French Angelfish, Gorgonian, Graysby, Hawksbill Turtle, Longsnout Butterflyfish, Male guarding eggs, Pillar Coral, Porcupinefish, Rock Beauty, Rope Sponge, Sea Fan, Sea Rod, Sergeant Major, Sharpnose Puffer, Southern Stingray, Spanish Hogfish, Stove-pipe Sponge, Whitespotted Filefish, Yellowfin Grouper, Yellowtail Snapper
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Got in a bit north of the usual and went up to the marina entrance. Like a lot of dives in this area, we saw a lot of interesting things. Best was a pink Longlure Frogfish sitting on a pink sponge.
Species ID'ed
Creolefish, Isopod, French Angelfish, Giant Anemone, Hawksbill Turtle, Longlure Frogfish, Long-spined Sea Urchin, Maculated Flounder, Ocean Surgeonfish, Peacock Flounder, Porcupinefish, Sand Diver, Spotted Cleaner Shrimp, Spotted Scorpionfish, Squat Anemone Shrimp, Tiger Grouper, Touch-me-not Sponge, Trumpetfish, Yellowhead Jawfish
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Bonaires most famous and accessible wreck dive. Usually pretty crowded, but not too many this time. Can count on Tarpon and schooling Jacks with a nice reef to decompress on on the way back to shore.
Species ID'ed
Long-spined Sea Urchin, Horse-eye Jack, Tarpon, Tiger Grouper, White Scroll Alga, Queen Parrotfish, Smooth Trunkfish, Parrotfish, Sergeant Major, Male Sergeant Major guarding eggs, Christmas Tree Hydroid, Yellow Goatfish, Creole Wrasse, Barred Hamlet, Slender Filefish, Tang Gang, Blue Tang
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Back to the Town Pier again as it never disappoints! As Roseanne said, its like finding all your little friends in one place. Seeing a Hawksbill Turtle eating off the pilings was a first for us. Also, a large Cubera Snapper with a retinue of pilot-like fish.
Species ID'ed
Trumpetfish, Juvenile Spotted Drum, Juvenile Smooth Trunkfish, Arrow Crab, Banded Coral Shrimp, Bar Jack, Butter Hamlet, Chain Moray, Cubera Snapper, Feather Duster Worm, Goldentail Moray, Hawksbill Turtle, Honeycomb Moray, Juvenile Threespot Damsel, Pilotfish, Porcupinefish, Redlip Blenny, Smooth Trunkfish, Spotted Moray, Tobaccofish, Tug Boat, Yellowhead Jawfish
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Very nice little secluded beach on the far north end of Windsock. This is near the Plaza marina entrance, so watch out for boat traffic. Interesting terrain. Saw a Hawksbill Turtle intent on feeding.
Species ID'ed
Banded Butterflyfish, Bar Jack, Blue Tang, Creole Wrasse, Foureye Butterflyfish, Hawksbill Turtle, Juvenile Smooth Trunkfish, Juvenile Spotted Drum, Orange Elephant Ear Sponge, Pluma, Porcupinefish, Smallmouth Grunt, Sponge Brittle Star, Stoplight Parrotfish Terminal Phase, Threespot Damselfish, Touch-me-not Sponge, Yellowtail Snapper
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We entered on the north end of Hamlet, at the Yellow Submarine dive shop. Visability was awful, but we were treated to several cruising Tarpon and a number of very active cleaning stations. You can find one of Bonaires few underwater walls. Pretty dive.
Species ID'ed
Bar Jack, Black Grouper, Brown Bowl Sponge, Cubera Snapper, Feather Duster Worm, Great Barracuda, Horse-eye Jack, Juvenile Spotted Drum, Rope Sponge, Schoolmaster, Sergeant Major, Smallmouth Grunt, Smooth Trunkfish, Tarpon, Tiger Grouper, Whitespotted Filefish
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Just north of BOPEC, where the road rejoins the shore. Entry easier than it looks. The best, most healthy coral I have seen around Bonaire! A Black Durgon mob over the reef. Very dramatic!
Species ID'ed
Stoplight Parrotfish, Black Durgon, Scrawled Filefish, Creole Wrasse, Stove-pipe Sponge, Fairy Basslet, Peppermint Basslet, Smooth Trunkfish, Juvenile Spotted Drum, Great Barracuda, Gorgonian, Juvenile Bluehead Wrasse, Foureye Butterflyfish, French Angelfish, Elkhorn Coral
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Be very cautious of the kiteboarders, who usually do not arrive before 10 am. Worth the extra care as this is one of Bonaires premiere dive sites. Beautiful coral, plentiful fish. This time we saw four turtles as well!
Species ID'ed
Bar Jack, Black Margate, Brown Chromis, Creolefish, Isopod, Glasseye Snapper, Gorgonian, Great Barracuda, Greater Soapfish, Hawksbill Turtle, Juvenile Bluehead Wrasse, Kiteboarding, Peacock Flounder, Sand Tilefish, Schoolmaster, Sergeant Major, Smallmouth Grunt, Stoplight Parrotfish, Whitespotted Filefish, Yellow Goatfish, Yellow Jack, Yellowhead Wrasse
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Back to our house reef at Sabadeco. And we see why its one of our favorites. A Bar Jack desperate to be cleaned by a Juvenile Spanish Hogfish, the biggest Hawksbill Turtle we have ever seen. A crowd of Creole Wrasse stopping in for a cleaning and a shy Coral Banded Shrimp.
Species ID'ed
Bar Jack, Hawksbill Turtle, Juvenile Spanish Hogfish, Banded Coral Shrimp, Cleaning Station
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Actually, only about 74 steps...Very nice hard coral here. A beautiful secluded beach and cove, well worth the effort.
Species ID'ed
Bar Jack, Black Durgon, Blackbar Soldierfish, Juvenile Spanish Hogfish, French Angelfish, Mahogany Snapper, Queen Parrotfish, Rainbow Parrotfish, Sergeant Major, Smooth Trunkfish, Striped Parrotfish, Tang Gang, Trumpetfish
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Back for our first dive at this pier since hurricane Felix passed by. The bottom did take a beating and we saw fewer overall fish, but still lots of good fish and critter interactions!
Species ID'ed
Arrow Crab, Banded Coral Shrimp, Butter Hamlet, Corkscrew Anemone, Threespot Damselfish, Foureye Butterflyfish, French Angelfish, French Grunt, Giant Anemone, Graysby, Juvenile French Angelfish, Orangespotted Filefish, Peacock Flounder, Porcupinefish, Purplemouth Moray, Queen Angelfish, Sand Diver, Sharptail Eel, Smooth Trunkfish, Spotted Moray, Spotted Trunkfish, Trumpetfish
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We get in early to avoid the kiteboarders. Despite the recent passing of hurricane Felix, the visibility was excellent. A soft coral Mecca! The amount of soft coral packed into every square meter is stunning. A do not miss Bonaire dive.
Species ID'ed
Banded Butterflyfish, Bar Jack, Creolefish with Isopod, Foureye Butterflyfish, French Angelfish, French Grunt, Hawksbill Turtle, Juvenile Bluehead Wrasse, Mottled Mojarra, Peacock Flounder, Schoolmaster, Trumpetfish
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Our first visit since hurricane Felix, and again, the visibility is great. Loads of fish action! Highlight was a Midnight Parrotfish triggering a feeding frenzy at a Sergeant Major nest.
Species ID'ed
Banded Butterflyfish, Bar Jack, Blackbar Soldierfish, Brown Chromis, Caribbean Reef Squid, French Grunt, Great Barracuda, Juvenile French Angelfish, Midnight Parrotfish, Princess Parrotfish, Queen Angelfish, Queen Parrotfish, Schoolmaster, Scrawled Filefish, Sergeant Major, Silversides, Smooth Trunkfish, Spotted Trunkfish, Squirrelfish, Tarpon, Whitespotted Filefish, Yellow Goatfish, Yellowfin
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A bit more effort than the usual, but worth it. Stick to the reef drop-off for the best scenery and fish life...We saw seven turtles! Takes about 60 to 70 minutes without having to hurry.
Species ID'ed
Banded Butterflyfish, Bar Jack, Barred Hamlet, Brown Chromis, Christmas Tree Worm, Giant Anemone, Hawksbill Turtle, Mahogany Snapper, Schoolmaster, Smooth Trunkfish, Spanish Hogfish, Stoplight Parrotfish Initial Phase, Stoplight Parrotfish Terminal Phase, Tang Gang, Tiger Grouper, Yellow Goatfish
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A long drive to the end of the road on the leeward side to a small fishing village. Worth the drive as this is a hard coral heaven. Head south (left) as this is the prettiest direction.
Species ID'ed
Black Durgon, Blackbar Soldierfish, Caesar Grunt, Caribbean Reef Squid, Crinoid, Goldentail Moray, Juvenile Bluehead Wrasse, Lettuce Sea Slug, Pillar Coral, Porcupinefish, Scrawled Filefish, Smooth Trunkfish, Squirrelfish, Whitespotted Filefish, Yellow Goatfish
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From three dives at the Sabadeco Pier on Oct 28th, 30th and Nov 16th. Saw many of what have become our friends: Octopus, Midnight, Rainbow and Blue super-male Parrotfish, and many others.
Species ID'ed
Banded Butterflyfish, Bar Jack, Bearded Fireworm, Blue Parrotfish,Terminal Phase, Bonaire's Largest Rinse Tank, Christmas Tree Worm, Common Octopus, Midnight Parrotfish, Porcupinefish, Rainbow Parrotfish Terminal Phase, Shadowing Trumpetfish, Spanish Hogfish Juvenile, Stoplight Parrotfish Terminal Phase, Tang Gang, Tarpon
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On a calm day, head down south to this soft coral garden. Nice sandy chute entry. Very pretty scenery and great snorkel spot.
Species ID'ed
Banded Butterflyfish, Creole Wrasse, Great Barracuda, Hawksbill Turtle, Honeycomb Cowfish, Juvenile Spotted Drum, Long-spined Sea Urchin, Saucereye Porgy, Trumpetfish, Yellowtail Snapper
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More evidence of Bari Reef supremacy! Four human-critter interactions, I call the Bari Reef Ball Dances. The video is long, but I wanted to show how extensively one can interact with reef creatures when one is patient.
Species ID'ed
Horse-eye Jack, Trumpetfish, Smooth Trunkfish, Hawksbill Turtle
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Another dive on the wonderful southern reef. Watch out for the kiteboarders. Best here are the soft corals. Great place to see Turtles and Eagle Rays, both of which we did see.
Species ID'ed
Hawksbill Turtle, Juvenile French Angelfish, Smooth Trunkfish, Spotted Eagle Ray, Yellowtail Snapper
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Our favorite on the double reef. Head south at the second reef. Almost always large schools loitering here. Great coral formations abound.
Species ID'ed
Horse-eye Jack, Ocean Triggerfish, Palometa, Schoolmaster, Smallmouth Grunt, Stoplight Parrotfish Terminal Phase, Yellow Goatfish
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