Thursday, Dec. 10 — Photographer's Choice / Final Diving Day
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North of the desalination plant in the Sabadeco area. Hard and soft coral slopes to roughly 38m sand; seahorses have been spotted here alongside moray eels and all three 'big' parrotfish.
Access · Queen's Highway shoulder parking. ~50m walk over rocky ground; narrow coral-path entry, fins on in the water.
30–50 ft; 60–90 minNitrox 32%SI 90–120 min
Camera · Sony 100mm Macro GM
Targets · Return for subjects located Wednesday; refine composition
Named for the white slave huts and obelisk onshore. Long sandy swim to the reef, where turtles, eagle rays, and stingrays are regular; current can run strong on this exposed point.
Access · Park at the white slave huts. Rocky entry over loose stone; long swim before the reef.
Classic Bonaire double-reef dive with a sandy channel between two reef lines — first reef at 8m, second down to 45m. Turtles and barracuda are common in the channel.
Access · EEG Boulevard, 1.9km north of Salt Pier — yellow-stone parking just before the Cargill sign. Mooring buoy ~40m offshore.
Targets · Pick based on light, conditions and prior results
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BNMP site #21, a boat dive opposite Marine Park HQ — worth confirming access, since the rest of this trip is shore-based. Elkhorn coral in the shallows hosts schools of blue tangs.
Access · Boat dive, opposite the STINAPA Marine Park HQ — not shore-accessible on this itinerary.
Steep wall near the Willemstoren lighthouse, from 2m down past 12–14m, thick with soft coral and sponges. Variable current makes it a drift dive for experienced divers only.
Access · Near Willemstoren lighthouse. Climb a low wall to reach entry; boat or shore, not for shore-diving beginners in current. Nature Tag required.
Entry via the salt-pond drainage outflow channel. Gradual slope from 6–12m steepens further north; sand patches near the mooring draw turtles and eagle rays.
Access · EEG Boulevard between Salt Pier and White Slave. Park on the shoulder, walk to entry; cross a sandbar to reach the reef.
25–45 ft; 45–60 minNitrox 32%SI This should be the last dive of the trip
Camera · 100mm Macro
Targets · Only if everyone feels fresh and the team wants it