Bonaire first full day

This morning we started with breakfast (like yesterday). It's a buffet and it's not bad. Then we had to be at the docks at 8:15 because the boats leave at 8:30, and it turns out they're pretty serious about it. I actually got on the wrong boat at first (we have three reserved) but it was no big deal because about half our group either couldn't dive this morning - they got here yesterday or today and had to do orientation - or they still aren't here.

The first dive was at "Andrea I". It went well and lasted about 45 mins. The deepest was 70ft but most of the dive was spent at 30 or below. I am glad to have the 3 mil wetsuit. The water is a constant 80 top to bottom, but it definitely feels cool. After three dives I was still very comfortable temperature-wise. The sea life is about as normal; we saw an eel of some sort. The divemaster was really good; she wrote things on the magnetic board and spotted all sort of things that we would not have normally seen.

The second dive was probably the best site, called "Little Wall". It was a wall starting at about 30 feet and dropping off vertically about 50 feet to another flat area. It was the least comfortable dive of the day; my buoyancy didn't seem quite right. We saw two turtles; one had a tag on its flipper.

Then we had lunch, and it was back on the boat for the afternoon dive. This time I went on the correct boat. I didn't care for either the captain of divemaster as much. We went to a site off Kline Bonaire called Bonaventure. There was lots of life as usual, and two things I haven't seen before: two tires. I assume they were placed deliberately but there wasn't any life on them. We turned around a bit early and swam under the boat for a while before surfacing.

Tonight a group of eight of us went back to an Argentinian steakhouse where we ate last night. Then Michael aka Neptuner played some music for us, and that's where we are now. Looking forward to tomorrow.