Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in
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Captain Don's Habitat, Nov, 2010, by Janet Czapski , MI, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 5846.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
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Comments	We stayed in the brand-new deluxe oceanfront junior suites and they are gorgeous. Rooms are spacious and well-furnished. Every room has a king-size bed with pillow-top mattress and queen sleeper sofa. There's a large desk with flat-panel TV and plenty of room to charge batteries, change lenses, etc. Every room has a wet bar with dishes/glasses/silverware, a medium-sized refrigerator, microwave & coffee maker. Each suite has a private patio with sun loungers and a small table/chairs. They are located right next to the steps leading down to the gear storage area/Nitrox fill area and dive boats. Dive boat staff are always accommodating and requests for specific dive sites have always been granted. The water temp reached 86 degrees for a prolonged period this late summer/fall so there is some coral bleaching going on, but the water temp is dropping back into the normal ranges and it appears the hard corals are starting their recovery process. We saw eels, turtles, eagle rays, some barracuda and large schools of creole wrasse and tangs cruising the reefs. All in all, Bonaire is a great value with top-notch Caribbean diving.
Websites	Captain Don's Habitat
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, PNG, Australia, Maldives, Caribbean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, surge, currents, no currents
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	No decompression diving; 400-500 psi remaining in tank at end of dive; all of our dives were in excess of 60 minutes
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
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Camera rinse tub on board every boat; rooms have plenty of plugs for battery charging, etc. Depending on where room is located, it can be a distance to carry a heavy rig down to the boat! House reef is ALWAYS a great dive for any photographer.

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Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in Bonaire

Captain Don's Habitat, Nov, 2010,

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Dive Review of Captain Don's Habitat in
Bonaire