Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in
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Captain Don's Habitat: "Good Diving. Airports Terrible", Aug, 2022, by Frank Hall, IN, US ( Sr. Contributor 23 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 12033.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The diving was good. We did a lot of dives right off Captain Don's dock. As usual there were clouds of tropicals everywhere. Even saw an octopus and eagle ray, also turtles near the dock. The small fishing boat that used to regularly tie up to the wrecked tugboat was noticeable absent this year. We saw some medium sized groupers and snappers that have been absent in previous years, maybe due to the absence fishing? Only saw one lionfish. The hard and soft corals are in bad shape, like just about everywhere. For whatever reason the water was really "murked up" this trip. We tried to pay the "Visitor Entry Tax" on line as instructed, but the payment wouldn't process, so we ended up having get in yet another line and pay at the airport. We heard other people commenting that they couldn't pay online either. We stayed in a bungalow and were very satisfied with the accommodations. The locker room is a disaster area. We've been going to Bonaire since the 1990s and it's the exact same amount of space and lockers. It's dingy, dark with uneven flooring. Several of the lockers have broken doors and hasps rendering them useless. I can't imagine what will happen when the new buildings are completed! There absolutely isn't room for any more divers to gear up. A locker room redo should have happened BEFORE anymore new rooms were added. I was told they are in the planning stage for a new locker room. As far as airports/airlines go, its hard to know where to begin. In Bonaire, the American and Delta flights both arrived and departed within about a half hour of each other. Needless to say, this resulted in bottlenecks of monumental proportions! For whatever reason, Bonaire has reduced the amount of airconditioned indoor space in the departure area. There is now additional seating outside (hot). On our return flight, we sat on the taxiway for over an hour because there was no gate for us to use. Then out of ATL on our final leg home, we were an hour late taking off we were waiting to get pushed back from the gate and just waiting in line to take off.
Websites	Captain Don's Habitat
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Roatan, Belize, Little and Grand Cayman, Florida Keys
Closest Airport	Flamingo	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	83-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in
Bonaire