I'm not ready to stop watching the web cams yet! Please turn on the porch light back on. These web cams are a great addiction for a land locked diver dreaming about warm days and diving in Bonaire. I have been lurking about BT all day, reading posts and looking at pics. I have a couple of questions. What is a green flash and what is Wogga? The rest I'll save for another day.
Rena

Rena

It is said that you will see a brief but brilliant green flash when the sun sets on a completely cloudless horizon.

As a devoted twilight diver I have yet to see a green flash sunset - an infusion of wogga wogga, maybe a glass of wine? is probably what you need to see the green flash!! Or so I'm told...

Regards.
Brian & Sue

Rena,

It is easy to get addicted to these cams when you can't get to Bonaire as often as you "need" to.
I find that the green flash is easier to see after a few drinks containing tequila. Maybe the lime in my tequila helps.

LOL! I have not been to Bonaire yet. Nor have I seen anything like a green flash. I just don't think you get those in Utah. I am concidering going in May with a small group none of us have been there yet. I Is tequila something I will need to pack or is it readily available? Watching these web cams is making my decision for our destination pretty clear. Thanks for posting all the great pic's the cam's pick up while I'm not looking. I haven't been this addicted to the computer in a very long time.

Good evening everyone, I have an idea. If someone is heading to Bonaire or is already there, how about a night dive extravaganza, in front of the Web Cam. Set up a time and date a few days before hand so that we can make sure that we will be there to have a look see. It would be intersting to see the sea life that would show up.

Have a good one

Pete

Rena, Wogga is anything that contains alchohol. LOL. Welcome to This addictive world. Annie B.

PS Way past my bedtime, so will say night night.

Rena & Lee
Don't think that everybody that posts about it is putting you on. There really is a Green Flash. You just have to be lucky enough to catch the right conditions. There's a good explanation here.
http://www.reefnet.on.ca/gearbag/wwwgfl.html

I myself have seen it once Mickey

Rena & Lee, Welcome to Bonaire Talk!! You're right about the addiction. Debbie

I have also heard the green flash occurs quite often while watching the sunset on the waterfront with a Heinekin in one's hand.....hence the "green" flash. LOL. I have seen the green flash in Aruba but have not caught it in the act on Bonaire yet...not for lack of trying, tho. I will never give up! Welcome to the board, Rena and I do hope your group selects Bonaire. You will have the time of your life...diving and exploring, relaxing, dining, meeting wonderful people, etc, etc. It just doesn't get any better than being on Bonaire...believe me. Ayo. Carole

Welcome, Rena! My interpretation of the term "wogga" is like this.....My first martini contains vodka. My second, vogga. From the third on it's "Wogga,please!!!" That is the true definition. So say I. margarite

Picture by Gerrit Blonk "Green Flash"

Rena,

There is plenty of tequila in Bonaire. Amstel is also readily available for less than what I pay in US. Pack your dive gear, cameras, film, Krispey Kremes for Jake and sunscreen.

Thanks for the green flash. I don't know how many times I've sat out on the bulkhead, watching the sunset, hoping to see one. Not that I consider the time wasted, mind you ...

Good morning all! Thanks for the warm welcome! And Thank you much for the green flash pic's I will have to show them to lee when he gets home. He has yet to see any divers on the live web cam. Our time is three hours earlier than it is on Bonaire so by the time he gets home from work the divers are probably all enjoying their evening wogga. A night dive extravaganza would be really cool to watch. We will be watching both the board and the web cams hoping for that.

margarite: The explination of wogga is priceless. I just about wet myself laughing when I read it. ;-)

FLASH:
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. said on Friday its quarterly earnings rose 55 percent

Wonder if it's because of all the export to Bonaire?

That has been really good stock to own since they went public a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, I don't have any.

Chet,

Was that a green flash?

And these lucky people are underwater at the Small Wall & reef cam, while we are all dreaming about it...83 days to go for me :-)

BTW, Mickey - thanks for posting the link to that excellent explanation of the green flash. I have seen it occur a few times, but didn't understand the physics of it.

Rena (and Lee) welcome to the band of happy webcam addicts you'll find here. Be sure to click on the "Bonaire Talk" link to see the many topics for discussion.

A little splashing of the waves...

Hello all,
I am just back from work and will enjoy a loooong week end,(off till tuesday).
This pic just for you. Just found it on the cam as I was connecting on BT

Dinner time for me and today is special. The 2002 Beaujolais nouveau wine is starring today and I bought a bottle and we'll enjoy a nice dinner. If I don't popp out later, you'll know why. Hips !
Have a nice evening.

hi martine, ida,anyone else who is lurking...

this diver looks like he is petting smokey!

anyone want to take a crack at id'ing this one? tarpon? kinda big...

Dang, that tail makes it look like a shark to me...

susan, that is what i was thinking at first too, especially because it must be big, as if it is that big that far away from the cam...anybody else wanna guess?

maybe the last divers were chuming(sp)or feeding the locals and enticed that "thing". it sure looks like a jaws to me. or, maybe it's bas.

Oh boy, I didn't abuse of Beaujolais Nouveau and it truly looks like a shark, but the problem is, there is no shark so close on Bonaire ( except whale shark :o) ).
What about that : Never seen before.
Could it be an alien invading Jake and Linda's house ? Good night all. time for us, on the east side to go to bed.

Martine, I've seen sharks on the windward side on Bonaire, but only there... They are around, but at the reefcam??

Jake, Linda, have you seen it live???

Seen what live? That thing you guys think is a shark? I'm guessing it a yellow-tail snapper...

Jake

Martin, that's what I meant too.
Your opinion with this picture ? Quite strange, isn't it. Could be a tarpon as well, hunting time for them, and sometimes, their shapes could be mistaken with sharks.

oh jake, i am so disapointed now...you know how we like to imagine seeing cool things/impossible things on the cams...sigh...

Yellow tail snapper ?
Shame on us !!!!!!
LOL
Morality of the story : Jake the cam need to be cleaned.
Good night all

Jake, you could be right, thanx. BTW: We've cancelled the house idea for the moment. First get married, then look further...

Martine, I'm no fish-i-ologist, but I doubt if it's a tarpon, the fins up front are wrong. It's hard to say what it is, but I think Jake might be right...

jeeze jake, let us have our little fantasies. bonaire is sooooo perfect that we need a little distraction. maybe like a donkey going mad in downtown?

Okay. I was wrong. It's obviously a six-gill deep water shark which has come to the surface to see how others live, but found the ReefCam, decided he was camera shy and retreated back to the depths (is that better?)

BTW, the reason I suggested it was a yellowtail snapper was because the countershading (the belly color and edge shading in laymans terms) was wrong for a shark, and while the tailfin had shark potential, the ventral fins were wrong too. Also the fish was reasonably crisp, meaning it was reasonably close to the lens (meaning it was also not as big as a regular shark would be).

Martine - You're right - it does need a more thorough cleaning. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday...

Jake

It looks like the sunset is reflecting on the main door. Phenomenon called stenopea, very impressive diring an eclipse.

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Sunset show !
Good night all. I definitely switch off. See you tomorrow.

it takes a big man to admit he's wrong. but then again you maybe right.

ok jake, i am going to ignore you and continue with my fantasy (the first part of your comment) that this indeed a black tip reef shark wanting to check out all the fuss of the cams...i hear that sharks are camera shy you know...or maybe it could be a mako shark...we can start the "scariest things i saw on the cam."...oh and look, here is the land based 4 legged tail appendiged short haired blijke shark...land dog shark...

Cynde, this is getting better than the virtual dives you gave me a few weeks ago...

I'm off to bed now. CU all later!

With my fancy digital photo enhancement software, I was able to clearly show another yellow tail snapper swimming off in the opposite direction, so it looks like Jake is right.

I would have to agree this is a reef shark. The pectoral fins give it away. Comparing the position over the rocks with divers pictures from the same position, probably 5-6'. This is your standard shark shape, long, lean, flat belly.
Snapper: No ventral fin, single front fins wrong angle that are WAY to long, body shape wrong.
Tarpon: No ventral fin, top of tail fin longer than bottom, single pectoral fins to long, flat wide belly.

Cynde that looks more like an endangered blijke post vulture looking for unsuspecting treats to happen by. Note the neck arch.