Dive Review of Bonsai Diving in
The Continental USA/Key West

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Bonsai Diving, Jul, 2008, by William Deertz, Jakarta, Indonesia ( Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4204.
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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
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Bonsai Diving (www.bonsaidiving.com) located in Key West operates with a center console dual hull boat about 28 feet in length (maximum of 6 divers). The operations are run by Peter who had his 14 yr old son along during the summer acting as 1st mate. The waters were choppy on our trip so we got a fair bit of splash with minimal areas for cover. Dive briefings were adequate. Each day started with a wreck dive in about 20 meters of water followed by a shallow reef dive. First day we did the Cayman Salvage wreck followed by Nine Foot Stake reef, on the second day we did Joe's Tug wreck followed by Marker 1 reef. The Cayman Salvage was a reasonably good wreck dive as it was still intact with good swim throughs. Joe's Tug wreck is in pieces so wasn't as exciting. Both wrecks had reasonably good fish activity. After living in Indonesia for the past 12+ years I was disappointed with the reefs in Key West. There wasn't much coral cover and they lacked an abundance of fish. We saw a 5 foot nurse shark and a relatively large sting ray but other than this not much other was memorable. I would recommend Bonsai Diving with the caveat of not using their rental gear. Since we were only doing 4 dives we did not bring our equipment from Indonesia. The Bonsai rental equipment was old and shabby and bordered on dangerous. On the first day my BCD would not hold air and on my second day the BCD had a slow leak requiring continual dumping of air. Other than the rental equipement this dive outfit was good and better than going on the cattle boats.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Throughout Indonesia (Wakatobi, Komodo, Bali, Raja Ampat), Thailand, Australia, Maldives, Philippines, Hawaii, Florida Keys
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	29-29°C / 84-84°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-20 M / 49-66 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Return to boat with 500 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Bonsai Diving in The Continental USA/Key West

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Dive Review of Bonsai Diving in
The Continental USA/Key West