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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ed Stewart (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #8) on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 - 10:15 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

12 days and counting until I arrive
What is the current Vis?
does it vary anwhere there?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lesa Zoldan (BonaireTalker - Post #26) on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 - 10:20 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hi
We stayed at Harbour Village & did a few shore dives June 2-6, we felt the vis was about 50 ft. Great weather, only did the south side though.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steven Speck (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 11:29 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

We just were there last week. I'd have to say that the vis was the best around the northern resorts, Bari Reef and Cliff at Captain Don's. Maybe 75'. We boat dove Witches Hut and Rappel, there were lots of particles in the water. I also thought it was pretty cloudy, although my dive buddy and others on the boat commented on how clear it was there.

Sites in the south, Angel City and the Salt Pier, vis was probably 60' or better - Aqua Blue was much less than that, but the wind and the current had really picked up that morning so I think it had an impact on the vis there, especially in shallower water, there was lots of silting. Pretty good vis off the BelMar house reef/Belnem area. Probably approaching 70'.

All the Klein sites had better vis, I'd say a couple of them were in the 70-80' range or better, especially around the far side of the island, slightly less along the sites in the channel north between Klein and Bonaire. Even though the water off Klein was a little choppy, it didn't seem to impact the vis underwater.

 


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