On the Scubadiving board they are commenting that they aren't finding many Frogfish. Did Omar affect them? I would think they'd have a really tough time with sure.

?? A really tough time with surge.

They are just masters of camouflage. They are definitely there but you'll probably need a Dive Master or Instructor to find one for you.

We were on Bonaire during and for over three weeks after Omar, and we saw several frogfish during the aftermath.

Bas said it well, frogfish ARE masters of camouflage and the divemasters / tour guides (like Bas) know where they are and can point them out. The same holds true for seahorses.

Based on last October's trip (immediately post-Omar), if anything Omar brought out many of the critters that are difficult to spot including lots of turtles and eagle rays in addition to frogfish and seahorses. In fact, we had a whole slew of new critters (for us while on Bonaire) during that trip. The ONLY downsides we noticed was the damage to many reefs (especially Oil Slick), sand on much of the coral, and significantly reduced visibility, although viz improved each day. But the fish life was up considerably, and especially the hard-to-find species. I expect the folks who were there more recently to chime in with their observations

i've come out of many dives and have told people going in "wow...there had to be at least a dozen frogfish there". then they ask where. i reply, "i don't know...i didn't see one but i just know they are there".

i think we saw three or four on our last trip...60 dives...three or four frogfish and one seahorse. bas is right, they are very tough to find.

I can spot them, finally. I am just quoting some divers who say they saw froggies last year but not this. Just luck, I guess.

My wife and I were told by a dive master the exact location on the reef where we could find a couple of Frog fish. We spend twenty minutes looking with no luck. We were swimming back to the shore when a Dive Master and a student were heading out in the general direction where we were looking. I thought to myself that they were heading out to the frog Fish, so we carefully followed them back and hung back allowing the student to see the fish. If the dive master had not swam past we would still never have seen the Frog Fish.

molamolahh...apparantly unlike you those divers are not able to spot them ;-)

Took me years to learn how to be able to find those buggars! I think I see their eye, or the spots on their tails.

I have been to bonaire 5 times, and we have always had our best luck finding frogfish at yellow submarine and something special. But you should also ask the guides whre they are
matt