By Bob Foley (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Monday, July 4, 2005 - 5:53 pm: |
We are a family of novice divers (certifying this summer) and planning to go to Bonaire next March. Given our limited (non-existent) experience, I think we would do better with dive boats having smaller groups. Can anyone give advice on which operations have smaller boats? Or, other suggestions on operations that would be better for newbies?
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #227) on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - 7:13 am: |
Hi! Welcome to BT!
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By Susan Taft (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #500) on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - 7:31 am: |
Bob, don't overlook the joys of shore diving in Bonaire as well. You can hire a divemaster to take you shore diving if you are nervous at first. After one or two trips with divemasters when we were new divers we then relied on the book Bonaire shore Diving Made Easy to help us choose easy sites. Once we chose our spot we would swim to the marker,take a heading, drop down and check the depth of the buoy(usually about 20 feet), choose a direction based on current, turn around at half of our air and then head in from the marker. We were hyper-vigilant about depth, time, air but soon gained confidence because Bonaire is so easy.
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By Jeanine Clark (BonaireTalker - Post #39) on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - 4:24 pm: |
Greetings Bob!
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By Cam (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #417) on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 - 12:14 pm: |
Bob
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By Randall J (BonaireTalker - Post #19) on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 - 4:41 pm: |
Bob
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By Lydia S. Segal (BonaireTalker - Post #69) on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 - 10:46 pm: |
Carib Inn has small boats, incredible DMs and patience and knowledge of fish and the reefs.
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By Tom Cousino (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2024) on Thursday, July 7, 2005 - 8:59 am: |
Bob, Welcome to Bonaire Talk!
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By Russ Coash (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #110) on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 5:59 pm: |
Jeanine Clark posted: "I was with a large group, 35, that got split into two groups. I was on the "small boat""
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