Scuba Diving in Caribbean – The Forest, Southeast Coast, Klein Bonaire

Dive Site: The Forest

Location: Southeast Coast, Klein Bonaire

Description: Reef dive from a boat

Depth: 5 – 40 metres (15 – 130 feet)

Visibility: 30 metres (100 feet)

A very interesting dive. The coral on this dive is huge with massive purple stovepipes, gorgonian fans and plumes. The drop off begins at 12m and when you get deeper there is a lot of black coral and sponges. There are a lot of fish with snappers, jacks, French angelfish, queen angelfish (which are gorgeous), pufferfish and grunts. There are also Christmas tree and Indian tubeworms.

Scuba Diving in Bonaire, Caribbean – Thousand Steps, North Bonaire

Dive Site: Thousand Steps

Location: North Bonaire

Description: Reef dive from a boat

Depth: 5 – 40 metres (15 – 130 feet)

Visibility: 30 metres (100 feet)

This dive is called 1000 Steps because if divers do it from the shore, they have to go down a lot of steps, which apparently feel like 1000.

This is a gentle slope with lots of gorgonians, brain corals, red crabs and sea plumes. There are lots of cornetfish. There are also giant blue parrotfish, surgeonfish, snappers and turtle in the open water. Also can be seen are rays and whale sharks here.