I’ve been a BT lurker long enough. This was my sixth trip to Bonaire. My two nieces (12 and 14) and I stayed at Buddy Dive for the second year in a row. I can’t say enough as to how well Buddy’s suits my expectations regarding a dive trip. It is a great location with an excellent dive operation and such a friendly and helpful staff. That being said, let’s get on with the dive report! We did fourteen boat dives and several dives on Buddy’s reef. Most boat dives were to the north like Karpata, Bloodlet, Small wall, etc. All were great dives. The dive-masters were fantastic and the visibility was good for most of our dives. We dove Klein Bonaire several times too. I don’t think there is a bad site on all of Bonaire (except where Lenny hit). We dove the Hooker and were fortunate enough to see a large pod of dolphins on the way back. The boats circled around them and we watched them play and jump in the wake. The day before on our way back from Jeff Memorial, we actually jumped in the water with the same group of dolphins and watched them up close. You could almost touch them (if your arms were 10 feet long) and listen to them talk. What a blast. There were probably fifty or so in the pod. They looked like gray bottle nosed dolphins but their bodies were only three or four feet long and their noses were fairly long and skinny. We saw the usual lot of fish along with seahorses, frogfish, eels, and scorpion fish. I took a few good photos with my Sony P1 but saw no octopus this time so, I guess I’ll have to go back this October!! (Already planned). As usual the food was great everywhere. Even the meals you can get in the US seem to taste better in Bonaire. I’ll try and post some of my pictures soon.

Good trip report and Welcome to BT! We hope to see some pictures too!! And you already tried to minimize your PBD, by planning another trip!

Thanks, Bruce. Now don't be a stranger(lurker). Come on out and play with us! margarite

Thanks for the nice trip report! It must have been so incredible to be in the water with the dolphins!!! I hope all these dolphin sitings are still happening in December when I get there!!!

Thank-you for the trip report, Like Margarite says, come out and play!!

maybe a little too big. What's a good size and resolution on posting pix?

Hi Bruce, Nice Photo.. I always keep my pictures at about 400x300 and less than 50kb.. you can test them out here..
link to test

Thx 4 sharing your trip and your picture(s ??? )
& Welcome Bruce!

Nice picture of the shrimp!

Let's try these.

I need to put all of these images in one post.

Still learning without incohol altoxication.

This guy was on the prop of the Hooker.

Guess where.

nice pics! ... nice "blue bug" ;)

OK, just one more.
Don't want to be a hog.

Besides, I'll never catch up to Rusty!

WOW, Bruce, fantastic pics! I love the turtle pics!

Bruce, those are some amazing photos! Thank-you for posting them!

wow Bruce, those photos are great.

what were you using?

I can't wait for my trip now.....2 weeks and counting

Great shots, Bruce. You aren't being a hog at all....bring 'em on!! We're the addicts out here looking for a Bonaire fix any time! Wonderful stuff. CArole

WOWx3!!! Do you have any more?

Thanks Bruce! We LIKE them!
Pretty squid! Turtles facing you instead of away! Frogfish there? Did you read my little frogfish story last month? click to read

Great pictures Bruce! Thanks for posting them!

WOW Bruce! Thank u very much 4 sharing these.
Please feel free 2 upload more if u have any!
We enjoy looking at pictures of Bonaire! The first turtle-shot is my favorite.

Amazing picture's Bruce! The shots of the turtles are unbelievable. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing the awesome pictures!!!! I love the one of the turtle looking right at you!

Wonderful photo's. I like the seahorse, the turtle, the emperor fish, the nice colors of the sky. They are all fabulous to watch. More???? That will take my mind of from my work.

The frogfish... the squid.... the arrow crab.... the blennie... wow
BTW is it a digital or an analog cam?

Thanks. I'm using a sony dsc p-1 in a mpk1 housing. Internal flash. It seems as long as you're close to the subject,(within 3 feet) the flash works fine. The whole thing cost around $700 US with an extra battery and memory (both are a must). Of course I doctored the pix in photoshop to bring the red color out a little, and get rid of the blue.




You all must know this one.

Trying again

and again.

OK a few more.



You all must know this one.

frustrated!

Very cool, Bruce! Can't wait to go back.

i can't spell anemoie(???) either

More beautiful pictures! Thank-you Bruce!

You've got a really nice eye for interesting shots! That last one with the skull is definitely unusual... and I like the turtle in the banking turn... and the squid... and the sunset...

Faith

Sigh, beautiful, wish I was in Bonaire. Very busy day today.

Great shots Bruce! Like I said be4: keep them coming
U're right Diana: these pictures make me wanna go back as soon as possible!

More it is!


The hooker prop!


one for spongebob

More it is.


The hooker prop.


one for spongebob

More it is.


The hooker prop.


one for spongebob