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It provides the highest level of service and most modern diving facility in the pristine island of Bonaire, the tiny Dutch Caribbean island consistently ranked among the world’s top 5 diving destinations in the world. As a PADI Gold Palm IDC & NAUI Dream Resort, Great Adventures offers great value diving packages and over 20 personalized and professional instruction available in five languages, for beginners to advanced divers, a fleet of three state of the art dive boats, a guided snorkeling program for those wanting to start slowly, as well as equipment rental for scuba diving and snorkeling that is unsurpassed.
Great Adventures at Harbour Village, through its entity Great Photo Adventures, also features photo and video facility and instruction with the most modern underwater photo and video equipment and services. Nikonos, Sea & Sea, Sony Hi-8 digital video in Gates underwater housing and Underwater Kinetics lights are available for rental. Personalized photo and video classes are available with or without certification.
On those non-diving days, for divers or non-divers that would like to do more, Harbour Village has more pleasures to enjoy, including a 1/4 mile private, palm studded, white sandy beach, one of the island’s best fresh water swimming pools, a full service 64 slip marina with mega-yacht dock, a tennis center, fine and casual dining, and smart retail shops, as well as a wide range of water sports, including kayaking, sailing and windsurfing. The resort’s world-class Spa--with its solarium, cascade pool, steam and sauna rooms, is the perfect spot to pamper your body after hours of diving, sea and sun. Treatments available include Outdoor Massage, Bonairian Salt Exfoliates, Botanical Baths, and many more. Flexible meeting/conference facilities, to handle groups up to 150 people, and condominiums for sale, for those wanting like to explore the best island living, are also available. more...
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DESTINATIONS » Caribbean » Aruba | Bahamas | Bay Islands (Honduras) | Belize | Bonaire | British Virgin Islands | Caymans | Costa Rica | | Curaçao | Dominican Republic | Saba | St. Vincent | Turks & Caicos | US Virgin Islands
Situated 50 miles (80km) north of Venezuela in the Southern Caribbean, are Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire,
three Dutch islands and also called the ABC's. They are part of the Dutch Antilles.
Bonaire's pristine reefs and diverse marine life are unique to the Caribbean and makes this an excellent dive destination. Because the waters around Bonaire are designated as an official marine park, diving Bonaire is like diving the Caribbean the way it used to be - untouched and unspoiled. Thoroughly organized dive industry, many excellent operators, lots of places to rent tanks or book boat dives. Smart divers rent a car to shore dive the island. The island's location in the south Caribbean gives it an arid climate with little rainfall; consequently, the waters are exceptionally clear of silt, calm, and diveable year round. It is an ideal destination for underwater photographers. Water temperatures average a warm 78-84°F (26-29°C), with visibility often averaging over 100ft (30m), and frequently, up to 150ft (55m).
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Bonaire is a desert island, with a terrain and climate something like southern Arizona. Air temperatures are in the low to mid 70°F (28°C) at night, and the high 80s or low 90°F during the day. But with the trade winds and moderate humidity, it rarely feels as hot as it is.
Rainfall is usually scant, consisting of a few brief showers in the early morning, except during November and December, when occasionally it is overcast and rainy for a day or more. Total annual rainfall is about 20", but every eight to ten years there's a peak year, with total rainfall of two to three times the normal amount. Bonaire's protected western coast offers almost ideal conditions 365 days a year - calm, warm, and clear water with gentle currents.
 The tropical sun can get quite intense, especially in May, June, and September. Winds are always from the east at a brisk 15-20 mph from January through August. They slow the last four months of the year, with occasional calm days that permit diving on the island's exposed eastern coast. This is an experience not to be missed if the rare opportunity presents itself to see the huge sponges, gorgonia, coral heads and fish of the northern and eastern coasts.
The water temperature in Bonaire ranges from 78-81°F (25-27°C). About three years out of every five, upwellings of cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep Atlantic spill into the Caribbean over the relatively shallow shelf that connects Trinidad with the Grenadines, and then it circulates westward to Bonaire. When this happens - usually during July - water temperature can drop into the low 70s°F (21°C) and visibility everywhere can fall to 30ft (10m) or less. These conditions can last from one or two days to a week or more. Sometimes this cold upwelling water doesn't come all the way to the surface but is only encountered at depth as a murky thermocline.
Dive Sites of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: Comprehensive Coverage of Diving and Snorkeling (Dive Sites of ... Series!), Jack Jackson
Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Bonaire, Jerry Schnabel, Susan L. Swygert (Contributor) | Buy
Diving Bonaire, George S. Lewbel & Larry R. Martin (Contributor) | Buy
 
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DESTINATIONS » Caribbean » Aruba | Bahamas | Bay Islands (Honduras) | Belize | Bonaire | British Virgin Islands | Caymans | Costa Rica | | Curaçao | Dominican Republic | Saba | St. Vincent | Turks & Caicos | US Virgin Islands
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