more testing

another test

Part2

Snorkeling.
It is so special in the water on Bonaire, it truly is addictive! As a snorkeler you can see so much, and you can come so close to everything. There are still sites we haven’t been to, so we have to go back again. The visibility was a little less this year, but still good enough, some days where better than others, south was better than north. Every time we went into the water we saw something we hadn’t seen before! Every snorkel had something special. I did notice that there was more dead coral/rubble than the previous years, probably due to Ivan. But there is still a lot of growing coral, so I have good hope. At the south sites (south of Kralendijk) we saw most fish species, but very few coral. At the north sites the “coral garden” was more intact, but the fish variety was less.
We snorkelled at: Windsock, Nukove (not very spectacular, difficult entry), Tori’s Reef



(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)



Oil Slick (easy entry via ladder, nice “coral-garden”), Plaza (easy entry, lots of fish. Thanks for the tip, Renee! Went here twice, our second favourite site), Andrea II (entry not that easy, we where lucky that the sea was very calm when we went here, lots of different coral).
Unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles this year, but we saw so many other “new” stuff! Some highlights:
A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):



Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:



King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:



Sand diver:



Balloonfish, Porcupinefish, Great Baracuda at Eden Beach.

Part3

Lots of small stuff, Harlequin bass, puddingwife (juvenile), orange spotted filefish, Bar Jakcs, Black Margate, juvenile brown chromis, Shy Hamlet, Rock Hind, redband parrotfish (initial phase), sharpnose puffer, highhat, a free swiming dark brown morray, spotted drums (!):



5 squids (!):

ok, another try

Part2

Snorkeling.
It is so special in the water on Bonaire, it truly is addictive! As a snorkeler you can see so much, and you can come so close to everything. There are still sites we haven’t been to, so we have to go back again. The visibility was a little less this year, but still good enough, some days where better than others, south was better than north. Every time we went into the water we saw something we hadn’t seen before! Every snorkel had something special. I did notice that there was more dead coral/rubble than the previous years, probably due to Ivan. But there is still a lot of growing coral, so I have good hope. At the south sites (south of Kralendijk) we saw most fish species, but very few coral. At the north sites the “coral garden” was more intact, but the fish variety was less.
We snorkelled at: Windsock, Nukove (not very spectacular, difficult entry), Tori’s Reef



(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)



Oil Slick (easy entry via ladder, nice “coral-garden”), Plaza (easy entry, lots of fish. Thanks for the tip, Renee! Went here twice, our second favourite site), Andrea II (entry not that easy, we where lucky that the sea was very calm when we went here, lots of different coral).
Unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles this year, but we saw so many other “new” stuff! Some highlights:
A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):



Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:



King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:



Sand diver:



Balloonfish, Porcupinefish, Great Baracuda at Eden Beach.

can I realy only post 4 pictures at one time?

Part2

Snorkeling.
It is so special in the water on Bonaire, it truly is addictive! As a snorkeler you can see so much, and you can come so close to everything. There are still sites we haven’t been to, so we have to go back again. The visibility was a little less this year, but still good enough, some days where better than others, south was better than north. Every time we went into the water we saw something we hadn’t seen before! Every snorkel had something special. I did notice that there was more dead coral/rubble than the previous years, probably due to Ivan. But there is still a lot of growing coral, so I have good hope. At the south sites (south of Kralendijk) we saw most fish species, but very few coral. At the north sites the “coral garden” was more intact, but the fish variety was less.
We snorkelled at: Windsock, Nukove (not very spectacular, difficult entry), Tori’s Reef



(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)



Oil Slick (easy entry via ladder, nice “coral-garden”), Plaza (easy entry, lots of fish. Thanks for the tip, Renee! Went here twice, our second favourite site), Andrea II (entry not that easy, we where lucky that the sea was very calm when we went here, lots of different coral).
Unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles this year, but we saw so many other “new” stuff! Some highlights:
A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):



Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:



King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:

Snorkeling.
It is so special in the water on Bonaire, it truly is addictive! As a snorkeler you can see so much, and you can come so close to everything. There are still sites we haven’t been to, so we have to go back again. The visibility was a little less this year, but still good enough, some days where better than others, south was better than north. Every time we went into the water we saw something we hadn’t seen before! Every snorkel had something special. I did notice that there was more dead coral/rubble than the previous years, probably due to Ivan. But there is still a lot of growing coral, so I have good hope. At the south sites (south of Kralendijk) we saw most fish species, but very few coral. At the north sites the “coral garden” was more intact, but the fish variety was less.
We snorkelled at: Windsock, Nukove (not very spectacular, difficult entry), Tori’s Reef



(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)



Oil Slick (easy entry via ladder, nice “coral-garden”), Plaza (easy entry, lots of fish. Thanks for the tip, Renee! Went here twice, our second favourite site), Andrea II (entry not that easy, we where lucky that the sea was very calm when we went here, lots of different coral).
Unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles this year, but we saw so many other “new” stuff! Some highlights:
A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):



Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:



King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:

OK, max 4 hm.

trying again (don't want to give up too easy):
Snorkeling.
It is so special in the water on Bonaire, it truly is addictive! As a snorkeler you can see so much, and you can come so close to everything. There are still sites we haven’t been to, so we have to go back again. The visibility was a little less this year, but still good enough, some days where better than others, south was better than north. Every time we went into the water we saw something we hadn’t seen before! Every snorkel had something special. I did notice that there was more dead coral/rubble than the previous years, probably due to Ivan. But there is still a lot of growing coral, so I have good hope. At the south sites (south of Kralendijk) we saw most fish species, but very few coral. At the north sites the “coral garden” was more intact, but the fish variety was less.
We snorkelled at: Windsock, Nukove (not very spectacular, difficult entry), Tori’s Reef



(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)



Oil Slick (easy entry via ladder, nice “coral-garden”), Plaza (easy entry, lots of fish. Thanks for the tip, Renee! Went here twice, our second favourite site), Andrea II (entry not that easy, we where lucky that the sea was very calm when we went here, lots of different coral).
Unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles this year, but we saw so many other “new” stuff! Some highlights:
A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):



Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:



King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:

Snorkeling.
It is so special in the water on Bonaire, it truly is addictive! As a snorkeler you can see so much, and you can come so close to everything. There are still sites we haven’t been to, so we have to go back again. The visibility was a little less this year, but still good enough, some days where better than others, south was better than north. Every time we went into the water we saw something we hadn’t seen before! Every snorkel had something special. I did notice that there was more dead coral/rubble than the previous years, probably due to Ivan. But there is still a lot of growing coral, so I have good hope. At the south sites (south of Kralendijk) we saw most fish species, but very few coral. At the north sites the “coral garden” was more intact, but the fish variety was less.
We snorkelled at: Windsock, Nukove (not very spectacular, difficult entry), Tori’s Reef



(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)



Oil Slick (easy entry via ladder, nice “coral-garden”), Plaza (easy entry, lots of fish. Thanks for the tip, Renee! Went here twice, our second favourite site), Andrea II (entry not that easy, we where lucky that the sea was very calm when we went here, lots of different coral).
Unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles this year, but we saw so many other “new” stuff! Some highlights:
A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):



Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:



King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:

Sand diver:



Balloonfish, Porcupinefish, Great Baracuda at Eden Beach.

Part3

Lots of small stuff, Harlequin bass, puddingwife (juvenile), orange spotted filefish, Bar Jakcs, Black Margate, juvenile brown chromis, Shy Hamlet, Rock Hind, redband parrotfish (initial phase), sharpnose puffer, highhat, a free swiming dark brown morray, spotted drums (!):



5 squids (!):



and a huge lobster:



all at Plaza.
Elkhorn, finger coral, lobbed star coral, symetrical brain coral and boulder brain coral. Lots of black sea rods, grooved-blade sea whip and sea plumes. Different species of anemonies:

Sand diver:



Balloonfish, Porcupinefish, Great Baracuda at Eden Beach.

Part3

Lots of small stuff, Harlequin bass, puddingwife (juvenile), orange spotted filefish, Bar Jakcs, Black Margate, juvenile brown chromis, Shy Hamlet, Rock Hind, redband parrotfish (initial phase), sharpnose puffer, highhat, a free swiming dark brown morray, spotted drums (!):



5 squids (!):



and a huge lobster:



all at Plaza.
Elkhorn, finger coral, lobbed star coral, symetrical brain coral and boulder brain coral. Lots of black sea rods, grooved-blade sea whip and sea plumes. Different species of anemonies:

Part2

Snorkeling.
It is so special in the water on Bonaire, it truly is addictive! As a snorkeler you can see so much, and you can come so close to everything. There are still sites we haven’t been to, so we have to go back again. The visibility was a little less this year, but still good enough, some days where better than others, south was better than north. Every time we went into the water we saw something we hadn’t seen before! Every snorkel had something special. I did notice that there was more dead coral/rubble than the previous years, probably due to Ivan. But there is still a lot of growing coral, so I have good hope. At the south sites (south of Kralendijk) we saw most fish species, but very few coral. At the north sites the “coral garden” was more intact, but the fish variety was less.
We snorkelled at: Windsock, Nukove (not very spectacular, difficult entry), Tori’s Reef



(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)



Oil Slick (easy entry via ladder, nice “coral-garden”), Plaza (easy entry, lots of fish. Thanks for the tip, Renee! Went here twice, our second favourite site), Andrea II (entry not that easy, we where lucky that the sea was very calm when we went here, lots of different coral).
Unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles this year, but we saw so many other “new” stuff! Some highlights:
A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):



Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:



King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:



Sand diver:



Balloonfish, Porcupinefish, Great Baracuda at Eden Beach.

Snorkeling.
It is so special in the water on Bonaire, it truly is addictive! As a snorkeler you can see so much, and you can come so close to everything. There are still sites we haven’t been to, so we have to go back again. The visibility was a little less this year, but still good enough, some days where better than others, south was better than north. Every time we went into the water we saw something we hadn’t seen before! Every snorkel had something special. I did notice that there was more dead coral/rubble than the previous years, probably due to Ivan. But there is still a lot of growing coral, so I have good hope. At the south sites (south of Kralendijk) we saw most fish species, but very few coral. At the north sites the “coral garden” was more intact, but the fish variety was less.
We snorkelled at: Windsock, Nukove (not very spectacular, difficult entry), Tori’s Reef

(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)

A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):

Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:

King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:

Sand diver:

Balloonfish, Porcupinefish, Great Baracuda at Eden Beach.

new test!

last test (for the moment at least!)



(great, our favourite this trip, went here 3 times, very easy entry), Pink beach, Eden Beach (nice, easy entry, went here twice, nice beach to dry up, webcams)



Oil Slick (easy entry via ladder, nice “coral-garden”), Plaza (easy entry, lots of fish. Thanks for the tip, Renee! Went here twice, our second favourite site), Andrea II (entry not that easy, we where lucky that the sea was very calm when we went here, lots of different coral).
Unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles this year, but we saw so many other “new” stuff! Some highlights:
A large school of houndfish at Windsock. A Beaugregory and some big shells at Nukove. Ballyhoo, Great baracuda (!):



Chub, Sea beam, Saucereye Porgy, Yellowmouth grouper, Tiger grouper, Midnight parrotfish, Porcupinefish:



King Helmet at Tori’s Reef. White Grunt, Sergeant Major (Purple phase), Graysby, Blackbar soldierfish, Peacock flounder:



Sand diver:

No matter what they say, it's all about size.
Karin, I like the effect of the double shots. Were it later in the day I might have one.