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Bonaire Dive & Adventure/Sand Dollar, Aug, 2005, by Bruce Williams, CO, USA . Report 3086.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Sand Dollar Resort provides spacious condos with good water views, huge open balconies. Dated interiors but clean and well-kept. Full kitchens for eat-in, several good restaurants to walk to, and many in town (vehicle required). Maintenance person helped himself to $20 when he came to our unit for and electrical problem. Bonaire Dive & Adventure supplies the shore diving business far more so than boat diving, so bulk of business is filling (free) nitrox tanks, as well as air. Our one boat dive with them was very average, both in terms of dive site and divemaster. We chose not to do it again. Shore diving was the order of the day (week)using trucks supplied in our package. Very thorough orientation, helpful and friendly personnel. I would recommend them, and maybe you would have a more positive experience on their boat dives. Bonaire underwater topography is mostly very similar ... a little steeper in the north, more gradual to the south. Could take a beginner to any site that we dove with no problems. Biggest issue was negotiating the first 50' into the water, over coral and sometines urchins. In a week of 20 dives, about 3-4 that we would call noteworthy in terms of flora/fauna. A pleasant week, glad we did it, not certain we would return, but definitely a must do once for a diver.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Roatan
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100' on 1 boat dive, otherwise shore diving on our own
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Bonaire Dive & Adventure/Sand Dollar in
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