Bonaire conditions in Feb?

Even from many cities in the Midwest and South, Bonaire is either a two day
trip or a long and difficult one day affair. I really like Bonaire but it is
sure a difficult jaunt from Kansas City.

Chris

"John & Jen" <jen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> That's a big part of it...
> Coming from the San Jose/Bay Area (CA) it's pretty tough to get anywhere
> other than GC, San Juan, or the Bahamas in a day.
> The east coasters probably don't realize that it's cheaper to go all the
way
> to the Caribbean from here & dive for a week than go to Hawaii...
> If I have only a week off & have to lose 2 days on each end due to travel,
> that's a big consideration.
> I'm having a tough time getting back & forth to Bonaire without losing a
> couple of days.
> It's a lot easier from the east coast, I'm sure.
> If I could find someplace else that had decent flights, good diving, and
> cheap prices, I'd try it in a heartbeat.
> Spent a week at LCBR on Little Cayman last summer. It was terrific, but I
> dive with my teenage son, & he may have been the only teenager on the
> island. A couple of little kids with a family, but mostly an "adult"
scene.
>
> By the way, not to get off topic, but any comments on the weather mid-Feb?
I
> checked the weather today & it was 20-25kt winds - not great diving
weather.
> When does it start improving?
>
> > > Time and convenience are a couple reasons, much more important to me
> than
> > > money. I can leave my house at 5 a.m. and be in Grand Cayman at 5:30
> p.m.
> > > the same day with only 5.5 hours of flight time and an hour layover in
> > > Houston. That's why I'll be there for a 4-night "quickie" dive trip
in
> > > mid-Feb - the return flight doesn't fly out until late afternoon so I
> can
> > > get in 3 full days of diving. And there's no way I can get away for
> much
> > > longer right now or my partner would kill me.
> > >
> > > As a west coaster, my other options for quick trips suck this time of
> > year:
> > > Cozumel gets its "northers" and way too many cruseros, Hawaii and
> Florida
> > > are cold, and Baja California is absolutely frigid.
>
>




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"Chris Pflaum" <cpflaum@everestkc.net> wrote in message
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> Even from many cities in the Midwest and South, Bonaire is either a two
day
> trip or a long and difficult one day affair. I really like Bonaire but it
is
> sure a difficult jaunt from Kansas City.
>
> Chris

I used to be able to do it in one day on ALM when they ran the non-stops
from Atlanta in the afternoon. These days there is no way to get from Denver
to Atlanta or Miami and catch anyone's flight to Bonaire....all in the same
day. The overall reduction of flights by all airlines has made much travel
from the middle of the country difficult in terms of duration and
overnights. But I don't let that dictate to me where I want to go diving.
'Course, my schedule is maybe more flexible than some so I can plan that
extra day or so for the travel portion.

Also, they've got damn good food in Atlanta so I don't complain to much
about having to spend time there :^) I still believe there ain't no
breakfast like a Southern breakfast. Grits, gravy, cornbread, fried fat....I
just love it. In an unholy, unhealthy kind of way.............

Just fly into Aruba. There are all kinds of flights to Aruba from
everywhere! BonairExel has 3 flights daily Aruba to Bonaire.

"William Rampartson" <nosp@m.com> wrote in message
news:RoWLb.418$Vo.49220@news.uswest.net...
>
> "Chris Pflaum" <cpflaum@everestkc.net> wrote in message
> news:40002f59$1_3@corp.newsgroups.com...
> > Even from many cities in the Midwest and South, Bonaire is either a two
> day
> > trip or a long and difficult one day affair. I really like Bonaire but
it
> is
> > sure a difficult jaunt from Kansas City.
> >
> > Chris
>
> I used to be able to do it in one day on ALM when they ran the non-stops
> from Atlanta in the afternoon. These days there is no way to get from
Denver
> to Atlanta or Miami and catch anyone's flight to Bonaire....all in the
same
> day. The overall reduction of flights by all airlines has made much travel
> from the middle of the country difficult in terms of duration and
> overnights. But I don't let that dictate to me where I want to go diving.
> 'Course, my schedule is maybe more flexible than some so I can plan that
> extra day or so for the travel portion.
>
> Also, they've got damn good food in Atlanta so I don't complain to much
> about having to spend time there :^) I still believe there ain't no
> breakfast like a Southern breakfast. Grits, gravy, cornbread, fried
fat....I
> just love it. In an unholy, unhealthy kind of way.............
>
>
>

"Bill & Susan" <williet10001@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Just fly into Aruba. There are all kinds of flights to Aruba from
> everywhere! BonairExel has 3 flights daily Aruba to Bonaire.

Doesn't matter,. There are still no flights out of Denver to a US or
Central/South Amrerica gateway that get you there in time to catch another
flight to the ABC's....all in the same day. A US overnight in Atlanta or
Miami is almost decreed. Having to make a stop in Aruba only further
complicates the difficulty of traveling to Bonaire from Denver (that's
another stop beside the one that must already be made in the US). And the
grounds crews in both Aruba and Curacao are legendary for their mis-handling
of luggage switches. The number of people who arrive in Bonaire after a
plane change in Aruba or Curacao and have delayed or missing bags is huge.
It's always been a significant problem whether the airline was Excel, DCE
or, in the recent past, ALM.

Chris is right, travel to Bonaire from our part of the country is a pain and
is time consuming. There is no way around it.

FABULOUS. HAVE BEEN THERE FEB AND MARCH. Couldn't be better. Warm water,
Not too crowded (except during March Madness).
"John & Jen" <jen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm considering either Bonaire or Cayman for a week in mid February.
> Haven't been down there during that time of year before.
> Planning a week of combo boat/shore diving...
> Anyone know what the weather conditions are like?
>
> .
>

Ginny Miller schrieb:
>
> FABULOUS. HAVE BEEN THERE FEB AND MARCH. Couldn't be better. Warm water,
> Not too crowded (except during March Madness).


March madness ? Eastern Holidays ?
I would like to know which locations to avoid when, since we are
breeding about a vacation in the time between end February and April.
So far I have considered Cozumel, Bonaire, GC, Saba, but I really don't
know where to look at for details. We like independent diving, to go a
bit deeper( -40m, but 65 under good conditions is no problem, a bit of
pelagics, not to many bugs, and good tea from the divemaster.

Matthias