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An unhurried, unspoiled natural paradise with spectacular sunsets, gentle breezes and crystal clear, turquoise waters. Buddy Reef, also known as Buddy’s Reef, is located adjacent to Buddy Dive Resort on the west coast of Bonaire, just north of town. The water here is crystal-clear and access to the reef couldn’t be easier. Snappers, tarpon, angelfish […]
Named after the eighteen palm trees that once bordered this site, 18th Palm is a shore-accessible site that everyone should explore on their visit to Bonaire. The backreef is ideal for snorkelers, with spectacular fire corals to explore in the shallows. Scuba divers have access to the deeper reef slope that extends both north and […]
The adjacent sites of Bari Reef and Front Porch are ideal for divers and snorkelers of all experience levels. These sites are known for their incredible biodiversity, which includes plenty of parrotfish, hogfish and angelfish. Schoolmaster snappers are also particularly common at this site and visitors may also encounter unique species like octopuses and frogfish. […]
Lighthouse Point gets its name from the Punt Vierkant Lighthouse, located here. The original wooden structure built in 1931 and then replaced with a concrete lighthouse a decade later. Lighthouse Point is the house reef of Delfins Beach Resort and the excellent onsite dive operator Dive Friends Bonaire. A jetty that runs out from the […]
Fisherman's Wharf, also called Fisherman’s Hut, Small Harbor and Water Factory is a real hidden gem. A plateau, located seaward of the breakwater, has a wide mix of hard corals, soft corals and sponges, which provides complex habitat for large schools of reef fish, particularly chromis. These species attract larger predatory fish such as barracuda, […]
El Aguila is a 230-foot (75-meter) long freighter that lies in several pieces, close to Sandy Bay and just seaward of the northern reef wall. El Aguila, which is Spanish for eagle, was sunk as an artificial reef by Anthony’s Key Resort in 1997 and now rests on a sandy seabed at a depth of […]
M/V Deep Stim III was originally an exploration vessel built in the 1990s and used in the oil and gas industry. Deployment of the 239-foot (73-meter) vessel as an artificial reef took place in January 2024 as part of a tri-county partnership between Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Walton County and Visit Panama City Beach. Support also […]
Blue Heron Bridge is also called the Phil Foster Snorkel Trail. Sport Diver magazine voted it one of the 50 best dive sites in the world and SCUBA Diving Magazine called it Florida’s “best shore dive.” The reason for its popularity is largely down to its easy accessibility and the incredible biodiversity found in the […]
Ledges of Little St James is also sometimes referred to simply as Ledges. It is a popular dive and snorkel site located just off the southwestern tip of Little St. James, an island near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. As the name suggests, the site is known for its reef ledges, which are […]
An iconic Cayman dive site, the Kittiwake is a fantastic wreck dive accessible to both divers and snorkelers alike thanks to shallow and crystal-clear waters. After years of preparation and planning. Kittiwake sank on January 5. 2011. Authorities cut holes in the structure for light and access before she sank. providing divers with numerous penetration […]
Hilma Hooker is one of Bonaire’s most popular dive sites and the island’s best-known wreck. Built in 1951 in the Netherlands, the freighter was originally named MV Midsland and began her service with a shipping company that operated out of Rotterdam. She changed her name and ownership multiple times throughout the 1960s and 1970s before […]
