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Divi Dive/Divi Flamingo, Jun, 2003, by Irv Kaplan, NV, USA . Report 661.
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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	In my opinion if you are going to do boat diving, do 2 tank boat dives, so you can go further north & south and spend more time on Klein. Divi's charge and arrangements for Nitrox were poor. They don't do their own Nitrox fills (not enough requests). I expected to pay an extra $100 for the week, ended paying closer to $200. They charge per tank. Testor provided was poor and tanks weren't always filled to 3000 psi. Long haul of tanks to truck for shore diving. Shore diving from the Divi is excellent. Easy gear up, entry and exit. Good location for night dive. If I was doing primarily boat diving, I would stay at Divi, but if I was doing primarily shore, then I would use a hotel with drive thru fill station (Buddy Dive - even though I don't care for their dive staff). The Divi Flamingo has renovated their hotel rooms. We had the ocean view rooms (I highly recommend the second floor). Their restaraunt stills has some very good food, at reasonable prices with, for Bonaire, good & fast service. I love their ice coffee and their ice cream. A short walk to downtown, which my non-diving wife appreciated, and a small beach. Watch out for the KLM crews, they have a tendancy to take over. Next visit we will try the Belmont Apartments, with Toucan Diving. If you rent a car (truck) make sure they show how to work the AC and the different keys. Town Pier, if you've done it once, don't do it again. There are still alot of critters in the garbage, but its so over dove that the piers don't have much animal life on them. We went in with a small group and got overwhelmed by a hoard of uncontrolled divers. Someone even had a large cave light blinding everyone. Dive Salt Pier as a Twilight and Night dive, and watch the tarpons feed off your lights.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Kaui, Maui & Kona - April/May 2002, Roatan - Dec 2002, French Polynesia - Jan 2003
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	20 minutes on the Hilma Hooker (we were diving Nitrox) and wasted half a tank.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	No camera tables, and recharging station in dive shop was inadequate

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Dive Review of Divi Dive/Divi Flamingo in Bonaire

Divi Dive/Divi Flamingo, Jun, 2003,

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Dive Review of Divi Dive/Divi Flamingo in
Bonaire