Hi, I visited Bonaire off a ship last year and snorkelled for the first time - having learnt in the local UK public pool!! Loved it, am coming again in October, just wanted to say how much I enjoy the web cams and how amazing it is to have such a link when it is wet and awful in the UK to see you and your sun and sea is a tonic.
will check you all out again tomorrow - home time now

angela, bonaire is addicting!

Good way to describe it, Angela...as a tonic...I like that! Welcome aboard and I do hope you can return to Bonaire someday and snorkel like you have never snorkeled before....day and night! Ayo. Carole

Just got to work - the Bonaire fish and folk are still asleep - sensible people. Thanks for the messages, will watch the cams with continuing interest!

Hi Angela, Welcome,
I too am from the UK, and fairly new here, and know what you mean about escaping from our weather, what happened to our summer? Great Site this, so educating too. I was reading up some of the trip reports,(really interesting)

And here I was thinking that the english summer had switched sides of the Northsea this year... . But I guess it's bad over there as well huh?

Marc

Hi Marc,
It is full of surprises here, Just over a week ago we had a heatwave, now this week it's been raining heavy and quite cold, who knows what tommorow will be.



I think Bonaire is just waking up. Blikje seems quite awake.

Hi Good morning everybody and welcome Angela. Be careful, this site is very dangerous, you get addicted very quickly and I think you already stepped the non return point. Same weather as yesterday here in Paris, just 16 degres, a little bit less cloudy and a good jumper to warm a bit. That's convenient... I have a lot of house work to do, and won't be tempted by a sunbath on the roof terrace. Have a nice day all.

Hi Martine, Good Morning,
Always lots to do, but keep being pulled back to Bonaire. Martine did you read Bills report in Community Chat yesterday, about a load of Jelly fish washed up on a beach in France.?

The weather is a mess all over Europe... 35 degrees Celsius last week here, today the streets are flooded with water. And northern Italy has had hailstones the size of golfballs...

Just 3 more weeks of this sh... eh... mess, and then I can enjoy beautiful mornings like you just posted...

Oh Mark, why do you suddenly make me feel so low spirit ...
I miss so much Bonaire... but it will be my turn to say the same in winter when you are all back .

Seems they woke up too underwater. Who will visit us today ? Bart, Charlotte, Shiva, new ones ?

We're equal, you just reminded me of the fact that I won't be going skiing this winter .
So let's get back to the fun stuff... I see a lot of fish

arghhh so far it is -2 deg outside, i have the pot belly fire on and i still cant get warm until i see the pictures of Bonaire.....i wanttttt sun
Howdy all

Hi Janeece, Good morning.
My goodness ! Where do you live to have such a cold weather, south hemisphere ? Top of Himalaya or do you camp on a skating rink ?

Southern hemisphere alright near the bottom of the South island of New Zealand..by the bump...lol
see DUNEDIN

oh forgot it is AOTEAROA maori native name for New Zealand interpreted under maori legend as the Land of the Long White Cloud

So if I dig a hole all thru the Earth, I end up under your desk?

Relax, your winter is almost equal to our summer...

Hmm... Pushing the [Back] button when you're at the "upload image"-page is *not* a good idea...

hahahaha dig a little to the left and you will get the pot belly fire

and soon the daffodils will be popping out of the ground, the new leaves popping up through the earth with the dewdrops of early morning melting frost, has the beginnings of providing the earth with the richness of the beauty of spring....and little lambs bouncing around too in another month or so..

Gees, You are living quite far from us. As Mark says, digging a hole from here, we reach your garden. Wait a minute Janeece, when we'll be freezing here ( I means a little bit more than now, and in a very near future ) you'll be enjoying your nice summer, right ?
One more question, how do you manage to reach Bonaire from so far ? Did you dive on the australian Great Barrier Reef ? This is our dream, but perhaps we'll do it in december as Jean Paul's son is going to Australia in a couple of days for a one year and a half studies, and we'll go to visit him and witness the 2002 december 4th total solar eclipse in Adelaide.

Hi Janeece. we were in NZ last year and it was nearing winter, and it was so hot, hotter then our summers. We were in North Island, is it supposed to be colder up North then the south.? or the other way round.

Marc, Sounds like Europe has got some freak weather. Are you going to Bonaire too.

Indeed, it seems like the Conveyerbelt (the watercurrent that runs from Greenland all the way through to Chile and back) is slowly making changes worldwide... An el Nino on steroids...

We (my gf and I) will go to Curacao August 28th, spend a few days there with her father, and then go over to Bonaire for a week and a half... and then back to Curacao again. 2,5 Weeks in total.

What is this, A pretty blue fish maybe?

Perhaps Shiva is just around the corner...

Looks like a sunken airmatras...

Yes Martine...along way away i am, and yes i will enjoy the heat when it gets here, last summer weather wasnt that great hopefully this time around it will be much better.

I reach Bonaire by internet so instead of 30 hours i reach it in 30 seconds...lol..i should have a superwoman t-shirt on...around the world in 30 seconds...lmao, and dive unfortunately not but that is something i am also looking forward to in summer..my first discover scuba lessons..whoohoooooooo.

Hi Maria..yes North Island is so humid in comparison..Lower South island is brisk and fresh, beautiful countryside that doesnt have the smog like Auckland and other NI towns up there.

Well ladies, I'm off for the day... Heading back home and pick up that filmscanner I will need to scan all the pics I'm going to make on the Islands in 3 weeks time .

TTYTomorrow, maybe!

Marc. Strange things happening with that El Nino.
Not long to go for your holiday now, Have a nice time, and give us a wave on the cams when you are in Bonaire.

Janeece, NZ is well known for water sports, do you dive over there?

Good luck with the scuba lessons Janeece, I wonder how Annie B is getting on with hers.

Hello all,

Janeece I would love to trade your weather for mine right now, today is the first day since we got back from Bonaire that we won't be in the 90's F not sure what that would be in C. Cooler but rain all day. I can't wait to go back to the island.

Martine, another solar eclipse, will we be able to see it over here? That will be nice for you to visit Australia.
Not much happening on the web cams at the moment. Oh well I suppose I had better stop dreaming and get back to some work.
Have a nice day all, sweet dreams Janeece.

Good Morning Everyone!

The weather in T. FL is hot & humid! We are heading out this afternoon to get on the airplane to go to Atlanta, GA and spend the night so we can catch the 8:30 flight to Bonaire. Made my sign last night, hope it shows up on the cam. It reads Hi BT's, Ida,Tim & Kenny. So look for me. This is our first visit.

I'll be checking in through out the day untill 2:45 and then I'm out of here...yeepee!

See Ya,
Ida

Maria, Janeece, Perhaps Annie B passed her first
diving level, who knows. Once you discovered scuba, hard to stop, and you won't have to go very deep to see a lot of things, escpecially if you want to make pictures. It is in the range of 6/12 meters you see the most of the reef live. And you have the wonderful feelings of weighlessness and freedom.

Ida, why you, like mark, decided to make me feel low spirit today .
Enjoy Bonaire as much as you can, we'll be waiting for you on the reefcam and save the pictures for your return.
Maria, unfortunately you wont be able to see a part of this solar eclipse. The eclipse path starts from Angola, passes throught Bostwana Zimbawe, South Africa, Mozambique, crosses the India Ocean and ends in Australia, even Janeece won't see the slicest partial eclipsed sun from NZ.For those interested go to : http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html

Ida, have a great time on your first trip to Bonaire, I can feel the excitement from here.
We will be looking out for you on the cams. Safe journey. (and hopefully a full report when you get back)


Martine, must be a really wonderful experience, no wonder everybody is so hooked.

Thanks,

I've got my little book to keep all my notes in so I'll be able to do a trip report.

Yes Maria, a total solar eclipse is the most amazing show the nature could offer to you. It's like BT, when you start you get addicted, and as it occurs in a very tiny line on the earth, the "hooked" do not hesitate to cross the planet to see if the next one will be more beautiful than the former.

Hi Russell, Did you have a great time,? I expect PBD will be setting in soon, if not already.

Martine, I would be only too happy to do that if the opportunity arose. not possible at the moment, but I remember the excitement of the last eclipse and it was only a partial one where we are.
Here is a little happy crowd

Ida I will look forward to reading it. good job you made notes, must be quite a lot to remember.

Ida, that's what's waiting for you in a couple of hours now ! LUCKY YOU... ENJOY.

Ida, If you're still there, please give our best regards to the diving team of Divi Dive, and a big hug to Swinda, the breakfast cooker at Divi Flamingo, she is so sweet...

Maria
Had a great time, PBD is hitting us in the worst way. The trip was the best, we can't wait to go back. I am dropping off the film today and will get some photos scanned in as soon as I can.

Hi Russell, I fear your PBD is just starting. One month and a half we returned and it is still painful. I think looking at the pics helps to overcome, so have yours scanned urgent please ! You can try an Amstel to feel better ( if you can find) but it works with a Budy too, just close your eyes and imagine it's an Amstel, and if you dream of Bonaire, sorry to say, but it's hopeless. The best medicine against PBD till now is thinking about the next trip to Bonaire.

Russell, So pleased you had a great time, I would love to see the photo's, thanks for sharing with us.

Martine it looks like more low spirits for us, either everyone has just come back from bonaire or just going.

Geeez ! It doen't rains, it pours ! It is so dark outside I need the lights lighted on home at 4PM... Impressive storm we have now.

Russell, where did you dive at Bonaire ? Our favorites spots are Hilma Hooker, Salt Pier, Ol'blue, Oil slick leep ( when the ladder is fixed ), 1000 steps and karpata. We also like to have an everyday sunset dive at Divi Flamingo where we use to stay, to see the tarpons hunting.
We dove all the places except the extreme North and South. One day in June we saw a school of 22 tarpons at Salt Pier and a Whale shark just in front of Divi flamingo.

Martine

We dove Joanne's Sunchi & 18th Palm Thursday, South Bay & Margate Bay Friday, Captian Don's Saturday, Bonaventure & Town Pier (Night) Sunday, Small Wall Monday. All from boat, my wife has spoiled and didn't want to shore dive , next time we are going with others that will shore dive. We took about 24 pictures each site and can't wait to see how they turn out.

Russell, I like to dive from boat too, it's more comfortable...but I make the things more simple when shore dives by dressing and undressing the BCD inside the water, as I noticed, sometimes, it could be rough. Will you post your pics on a webpage so everybody can see ?
We have posted ours on our diving website and you find the url on our profile if you wish to have a look. This time Jean Paul started underwater video, and we have around 6 hours movie. He just finished a 35 minutes movie on Hilma Hooker. He has still a lot of work...I wish the water was clearer during your stay, we had a lot of suspensions blurring the pics .

Hi Janeece, Martine, et al.,

Just a friendly reminder from your local neighborhood BonaireTalk moderator:

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Jake