Dive Review of Divi Flamingo in
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Divi Flamingo, Jan, 2014, by G. Tripp Jones MD, SC, US ( Top Contributor 71 reports with 27 Helpful votes). Report 7480 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	This was our 13th trip to Divi Flamingo & it remains a favorite. Our dive shop, Wateree Dive Center in Columbia, SC, brought about 22 divers for a New Year's trip to Bonaire. We flew Insel Air out of Charlotte, leaving an hour late, changing planes in Curaçao, the going over to Bonaire, arriving about 10:00 pm. It would be nice going directly to Bonaire, but, oh, well. The rooms are adequate for divers, & are clean & generally good overall. The downstairs rooms had an occasional whiff of sewage, but not too much of a problem. The food is good, & the morning buffet is quite good, especially the omelettes made to order. The staff is extremely nice, Diana & Marie Jeanine especially standing out. The dive operation is excellent, & very environmentally savvy. The boats are good, with oranges after the first dive, & plenty of water. Our dive guides, Alvin & Laurel are superb & look out F&O all types of critters. The viz was fair & the water temp 79-80 degrees. This was 2 degrees cooler than the same time here 6 years ago. The corals look in good shape, but we saw more lionfish than when we were here 6 months ago. Overall, the fishlife was really good. However, we saw no turtles except one on the surface. Only 2 sea horses were seen this week. We ate at Capriccio's, Wil's Tropical Grill, It Rains Fishes, & At Sea & all were excellent. Our flight left at 7:45 am, changing planes again in Curaçao, then back to Charlotte by 2:00 pm. This is a consistently excellent dive destination, especially for new divers & experiences also. We will definitely return.
Websites	Divi Flamingo
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over Carribean, Truk, Australia, keys
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-70 Ft/ 9-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	70'-50'; 50'-45'; 60'-50'
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	My wife, the photographer, had no complaints.

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Dive Review of Divi Flamingo in Bonaire

Divi Flamingo, Jan, 2014,

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Dive Review of Divi Flamingo in
Bonaire