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The dive site "Something Special" in Bonaire is on the north end of town and the entry is easy.
We named this dive site Shawns wall because it was his first dive below the 100' threshold.
Although this dive site is called 1,000 steps, the stone stairway leading down the cliff to the water only has 67 steps.
The salt pier dive site in Bonaire is a "must dive" if you are in Bonaire.
The Hilma Hooker is a 240' long steel ship that had been caught smuggling 25,000 pounds of marijuana in 1984 off the West coast of Bonaire.
Angel City is a double reef that is separated by a small lake of sand.
Punt Vierkant is the name of a divesite on the West coast of Bonaire.
Shipwreck Dive N 30° 2.114' W 87° 0.065'
N 30° 2.114′ W 87° 0.065′ “The Mighty O” is a 911′ long by 129′ wide aircraft carrier that was sunk for an artificial reef about 22 miles offshore from Pensacola, Florida. It rests on the sand at 200′ deep. The flight deck is at 150′ and the top of the tower is at 85′. The visibility is about 90′.
N 24° 58.755' W 77° 32.094'
N 24° 58.755′ W 77° 32.094′ Stuart Coves North Shark Arena is about 350′ South of the Ray of Hope and Bahama Mama wrecks. They feed the Nurse Sharks off to the side just prior to feeding about 14 Caribbean reef sharks becaude the nurse sharks are sloppy eaters and the extra chum in the water from this confuses the reef sharks. IT was a lot of fun to be this close to them.
Shipwreck Dive N 24° 58.826' W 77° 32.092'
N 24° 58.826′ W 77° 32.092′ The Ray of Hope is a 200′ ship sitting at 50′ deep on the edge of a wall called the Tongue of the Ocean that drops down to 6,000′ The Ray of Hope sits 40′ away from a small wreck called Bahama Mama. Because the North shark Arena is about 350′ to the South, There are plenty of friendly Caribbean Reef sharks around these two wrecks. Visibility here is about 150′.
Shipwreck Dive N 24° 58.357' W 77° 31.969'
N 24° 58.357′ W 77° 31.969′ The Sea Viking is a 60′ boat sitting at 75′ deep. it is sitting next to what is called Mikes Reef. Mikes Reef is a nursery for juvenile reef sharks that are practicing to be tough-guys.
N 25° 1.604' W 77° 8.530'
N 25° 1.604′ W 77° 8.530′ The Lost Blue hole is 7 miles East of New Providence Island and 5 miles South of Rose Island. It is 40′ down to the sand at the top of the 85′ wide hole. The bottom of the hole is 200′ deep. He had 6 Black Tip sharks, 1 Bull shark and a couple nurse sharks with us. The visibility is over 100′.
Shipwreck Dive N 25° 5.774' W 77° 19.816'
N 25° 5.774′ W 77° 19.816’The Mail Boat wrecks are also called The Shipyard. They are a 90′ long oil tanker called the Bahama Shell, a 95-foot passenger ship named the Helena C., and a 150-foot supply vessel called the Ana Lise. These 3 are located right next to eachother in 90′ deep water. The visibility is about 100′.
Shipwreck Dive N 25° 6.104' W 77° 18.579'
N 25° 6.104′ W 77° 18.579′ The Car Hauler wreck is sitting upright at 85′ deep. The visibility here is about 60′.
Shipwreck Dive N 25° 5.998' W 77° 18.431'
N 25° 5.998′ W 77° 18.431′ The Miranda is a 90′ wreck that is split in two and sitting in 55′ deep water North of Paradise Island. Visibility here is about 100′.
Shipwreck Dive N 25° 5.859' W 77° 18.645'
N 25° 5.859′ W 77° 18.645′ The Mahoney was a 212′ long steel hulled steamer that sank in 1929 off New Providence Island (North of Paridise Island actually). It was blown apart with dynamite to make it less of an obstruction. It sits at 30′ deep with 50′ of visibility.
N 25° 6.556' W 77° 16.365'
N 25° 6.556′ W 77° 16.365′ Fish Hotel is a rocky reef on the North side of Salt Cay. The easterly current is strong here but the ledges hod a lot of fish and a few lobster. The depth is about 40′ and the visibility is about 50′.
N 25° 4.391' W 77° 11.903'
N 25° 4.391′ W 77° 11.903′ Periwinkle reef is a shallow drift dive over a soft coral reef just South of Rose Island. It is about 30′ deep with visibility about 70′
Shipwreck Dive N 25° 4.185' W 77° 15.318'
N 25° 4.185′ W 77° 15.318′ This landing Craft sank North East of Rose Island after WW2 when it took on water delivering materials. After that it was used in a James Bond movie Thunderball. It sits in 20′ of water with about 50′ visibility.
Shipwreck Dive N 25° 5.245' W 77° 21.123'
N 25° 5.245′ W 77° 21.123′ The lighthouse wreck is a steel ship that sank just NW from the Nassau Harbor lighthouse. Visibility here is about 50′
N 18° 16.937' W 78° 21.957'
N 18° 16.937′ W 78° 21.957′ The Throne Room is a large and low cave which has its base at 60′ wide and its top at 40′ in depth. There are several small fish hanging around the area and visibility is about 50′
N 21° 12.083' W 86° 43.630'
N 21° 12.083′ W 86° 43.630′ Jaime Gonzalez Canto and Jason deCaires Taylor created an underwater museum of 500+ concrete statues as an artificial reef for coral to grow on. It is hard to see them all in one dive, but once you’ve seen them, its enough. The visibility here is only about 50′.
N 21° 11.243' W 86° 43.482'
N 21° 11.243′ W 86° 43.482′ Bandera reef is a long coral reef topped with elk horn coral. Because of the strong current here, it is a drift dive. Visibility here is about 80′.
Shipwreck Dive N 21° 7.104' W 86° 43.515'
N 21° 7.104′ W 86° 43.515′ The USS Harlequin was a US Navy Minesweeper in WW2 and it is also known as the C-58 or General AnayaIt was sold to the Mexican Navy and eventually it was deliberately sunk in the 1980s to create an artificial reef. It is sitting at 82′ deep and the visibility here is over 100′.
N 39° 27.099' W 123° 48.808'
N 39° 27.099′ W 123° 48.808′ Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California is actually 3 beaches where the town of Fort Bragg was pushed into the pacific ocean after it burned during the 1906 earthquakes. The glass is mostly all that didn’t decay and it turned into a 2′ thick layer of seaglass.
Bonaire, Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Saltwater, Tropical Fish
Bonaire, Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Saltwater, Tropical Fish
Bonaire, Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Saltwater, Tropical Fish
Artificial Reef, Boat Dock, Bonaire, Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Saltwater, Tropical Fish
Artificial Reef, Bonaire, Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Saltwater, Tropical Fish, Wreck
Bonaire, Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Saltwater, Tropical Fish
Bonaire, Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Saltwater, Tropical Fish
Dark Island Fishing Team, Gag Grouper, Grunts, Mangrove Snapper, Red Grouper, Reef Fish, Rock Pile, Saltwater, Scamp Grouper
Saltwater, Snook
Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Saltwater, Snapper, Tropical Fish, Wreck, Yellowfin Grouper
American Red Snapper, Cobia, Gag Grouper, Hogfish, Kevin Bruington, Ledge, lionfish, Mangrove Snapper, Red Grouper, Saltwater, Spadefish
American Red Snapper, Gag Grouper, John K, Ledge, lionfish, Mangrove Snapper, Saltwater
American Red Snapper, Gag Grouper, Ledge, lionfish, Mangrove Snapper, Saltwater
American Red Snapper, lionfish, Mangrove Snapper, Red Grouper, Saltwater
American Red Snapper, Gag Grouper, Hogfish, Mangrove Snapper, Red Grouper, Rock Pile, Saltwater
American Red Snapper, Gag Grouper, Hogfish, Mangrove Snapper, Rock Pile, Saltwater
American Red Snapper, Flounder, Gag Grouper, Hogfish, Mangrove Snapper, Rock Pile, Saltwater, Triggerfish, Tropical Fish
Artificial Reef, Gulf of Mexico, Saltwater, Wreck
Bahamas, Saltwater
Bahamas, Saltwater, Wreck
Bahamas, Saltwater, Wreck
Bahamas, Coral Reef, Saltwater, Sink Hole
Bahamas, Saltwater, Wreck
Bahamas, Saltwater, Wreck
Bahamas, Saltwater, Wreck
Bahamas, Saltwater, Wreck
Bahamas, Coral Reef, Saltwater
Bahamas, Coral Reef, Saltwater
Bahamas, Saltwater, Wreck
Bahamas, Saltwater, Wreck
Saltwater
Artificial Reef, Gulf of Mexico, Saltwater
Gulf of Mexico, Saltwater
Artificial Reef, Gulf of Mexico, Saltwater, Wreck
Saltwater