Bonaire Trip Report

George Cathcart wrote:
> Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> Nov. 10-17.
>
> A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> Caribbean standards.

Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?

Andy

George Cathcart wrote:
> Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> Nov. 10-17.
>
> A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> Caribbean standards.

Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?

Andy

George Cathcart wrote:
> Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> Nov. 10-17.
>
> A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> Caribbean standards.

Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?

Andy

George Cathcart wrote:
> Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> Nov. 10-17.
>
> A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> Caribbean standards.

Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?

Andy

On Nov 20, 5:16 pm, nitespark <nitesp...@cox.net> wrote:
> George Cathcart wrote:
> > Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> > Nov. 10-17.
>
> > A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> > week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> > excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> > current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> > Caribbean standards.
>
> Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
> Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?
>
> Andy

No, the seahorses I saw were on town pier. We saw a frogfish off Bari.

gc

On Nov 20, 5:16 pm, nitespark <nitesp...@cox.net> wrote:
> George Cathcart wrote:
> > Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> > Nov. 10-17.
>
> > A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> > week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> > excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> > current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> > Caribbean standards.
>
> Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
> Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?
>
> Andy

No, the seahorses I saw were on town pier. We saw a frogfish off Bari.

gc

On Nov 20, 5:16 pm, nitespark <nitesp...@cox.net> wrote:
> George Cathcart wrote:
> > Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> > Nov. 10-17.
>
> > A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> > week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> > excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> > current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> > Caribbean standards.
>
> Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
> Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?
>
> Andy

No, the seahorses I saw were on town pier. We saw a frogfish off Bari.

gc

On Nov 20, 5:16 pm, nitespark <nitesp...@cox.net> wrote:
> George Cathcart wrote:
> > Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> > Nov. 10-17.
>
> > A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> > week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> > excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> > current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> > Caribbean standards.
>
> Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
> Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?
>
> Andy

No, the seahorses I saw were on town pier. We saw a frogfish off Bari.

gc

On Nov 20, 5:16 pm, nitespark <nitesp...@cox.net> wrote:
> George Cathcart wrote:
> > Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> > Nov. 10-17.
>
> > A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> > week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> > excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> > current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> > Caribbean standards.
>
> Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
> Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?
>
> Andy

No, the seahorses I saw were on town pier. We saw a frogfish off Bari.

gc

On Nov 20, 2:26 pm, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 20, 5:16 pm, nitespark <nitesp...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > George Cathcart wrote:
> > > Trip report: Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire, N.A.
>
> > > Nov. 10-17.
>
> > > A group of eight of us flew from Baltimore to Bonaire Nov. 10 for a
> > > week at Buddy Dive. Short story is it was a great trip -- good to
> > > excellent visibility, water temps about 83 all week, little to no
> > > current, LOTS of animals on the reefs, which are quite healhy by
> > > Caribbean standards.
>
> > Sounds like you had a great time George. Thanks for the trip report.
> > Did you see the seahorse off Bari Reef when you dove it?
>
> > Andy
>
> No, the seahorses I saw were on town pier. We saw a frogfish off Bari.

Someone on Bonairetalk reported seeing five there a few weeks ago.
It's gonna be my mission to find them all, since that will be our
house reef for the week.

Great report, which will make it even harder to get by for the next 11
days. The water sounds like it's keeping pleasantly warm. I was
fearing upper 70s, but I doubt it will cool too much over two weeks.

Not sure if I'll make a pre-dawn dive, but I commend your commitment.

Liveaboards are wonderful, to be sure, but Bonaire is a nice
alternative. I'm looking forward to staying on land myself after
being seasick through half of our Galapagos misadventure. Diving on
your own schedule can be a godsend, though that probably works out
even better with only two instead of eight. Still, lugging all the
gear can be a bitch after getting spoiled by liveaboard ease. At
least it burns up calories from all that good Euro & Caribbean food
there.

Speaking of which, where'd ya eat?

And how bad were the skeeters? I've been hearing tales of horror on
BT.