By Bill Minahan (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 2:16 pm: |
I will be returning to Bonaire for the second time this year (went March 20-27 with North Atlantic Scuba) with my wife and two daughters. We will be flying out of Boston on Wednesday AM and staying for a week. What do you think I can expect for visibility by Thursday? Jake stated in a previous post that it was only 40ft with a ripping current on Saturday. How long does it take for the water to clean up? In New England, it's about 2-3days of good weather. Is it the same in Bonaire?
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By Carole Baker (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4354) on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 7:02 pm: |
Bill, thanks for letting us enjoy your video footage. I am totally mesmerized right now! Just finished watching the Green Flash....so relaxing, to say the least. I will go back and watch the rest when I am done on BT later on.
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By Carole Baker (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4355) on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 7:36 pm: |
Wow, Bill, I just went back and viewed the other videos. Who did the footage? Was it ScubaVision who did it all or did you also do some of the footage? It is superbly done! Just sooooo relaxing and beautiful. The music is perfect with the footage, as well.
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By Jake Richter (Moderator - Post #5278) on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 8:40 pm: |
Bill,
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By Lisa Barclay (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #350) on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 9:29 pm: |
Bill, thank you so much for the video link. It was amazing! I felt like I was doing the dive with you. I love the turtle, I could have sat and watched that all night. Thanks again and have a great trip back to Bonaire.
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By Bill Minahan (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 10:03 am: |
Carole, the videos was from Scubavision. We had Nonuk take the videos. She was an amazing diver and her video skills are incredible. These videos were all uncut (except for the intro)! She showed them to us 10 minutes after we got off of the boat. Alot of us bought the $30 video from her, and me and a buddy ripped it into a 4 Gigabyte Windows Media Player file. Then ripped it down to the smaller files on the site you see now. The original 4 Gig file is perfect, but when we made it smaller, the files got a little grainy. Also, the pictures use server side sessions (no cookies). You may have an issue with your browser or spyware protection. Is anyone else having any problems viewing the pics? The best ones I think by far is Bob Stack's. He has a digital camera. The only thing I don't like about that camera is what it does to the blues in the water.
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By Bill Minahan (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #3) on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 10:25 am: |
Jake,
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By Susan Taft (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #404) on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 1:43 pm: |
If it was my daughter I would err on the side of caution and heed what PADI says. Even though the research may be inconclusive why take a chance with her growth and development? And although vis and topography between our New England waters and Bonaire waters are different at 60 feet the pressure is the same. Add that to the fact that in Bonaire there is soooo much to see in the shallows she should certainly enjoy being at 40 feet or less. I love the shallows at many of the sights!
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By Sue Goodman (BonaireTalker - Post #69) on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 2:43 pm: |
My 11-year old daughter was certified in Bonaire in February. There was plenty for her to see at 40', although we had to keep a close eye on depth, as she found it very easy to go deeper while following a fish. My husband & I dove with her, with one of us by her side & the other staying at 50' as our reality check.
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By Carole Baker (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4361) on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 11:30 pm: |
Thanks for your help, Bill. I tried to go in again via Explorer but I guess that would be the same browser set up with the AOL as IE is the installed browser on this PC. I'll play around with other browsers later on.
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By Randy P (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #266) on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 1:16 pm: |
THANKS A LOT BILL!
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By Peter Owens (BonaireTalker - Post #30) on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 6:38 pm: |
Bill, Our son was certified in Bonaire just after his 10th birthday, and this year will be his 4th Christmas on the island. During the first couple of years we kept him to around th 50ft mark, but as always he would sneak a little deeper if he got the chance. There is an incredible amount to see at the 50' depth and up, with lots of coral and fish. You can even see the Hilma Hooker and the reefs at 50', also ol blue, Karpata, Oil slick.
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By Bill Minahan (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #4) on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 7:59 pm: |
Randy,
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1931) on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 10:51 pm: |
Bill,
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By Randy P (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #267) on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 1:58 pm: |
Hi Bill,
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By T-Shirt Divers John and Sue (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #155) on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 10:12 am: |
We also have a few videos from Scuba Vision created by Hendricks. I like the videos. Nice smoke ring! We also saw that large school of bocas with a large barracuda following them! Pictures were good. Keep the young shallow due to lung development. Sue
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By DARLENE ELLIS (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1270) on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 11:27 am: |
Thanks for sharing the great video and pictures!!!! I just felt like I was in paradise!!
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