Bonaire Day 3

Hangin out in the "Pool Bar" having a beer, watching Monday Night Football and updating you all on another amazing day here in the Netherlands Antilles.

After our daily resort breakfast we loaded up our rental trucks with Nitrox tanks and headed to the south part of the island near the salt factory. Our dive site was a place called Invisibles which would be the location of my first shore dive. We gingerly entered the water and surface swam about 100 yards offshore. The reef again started about 30' and descended to about 100'. The fish and coral were pretty much the same as the other dives we've made but did not disappoint.

The first dive was nice and fairly uneventful. After our first dive we decided to stay at the site so we all hung out at our trucks and talked and joked around for about an hour. We then suited up and headed out for dive two.

As we descended above the reef we were immediately greeted by a large eagle ray with what must have been a 6' wing span. We followed and took pictures of the ray for about 10 minutes and then discovered a second reef. We began to explore and then realized we were at 100' (a no-no since our first dive was only about 60'). There was some confusion with a few of us, hand signals got mixed up and a couple of us aborted the dive. We really only lost about 5 mins of bottom time.

After the dive we headed back to the resort, had lunch and took naps. We then decided to head out for a night dive (also another first for me) right out in front of the resort. It was amazing! Large fish (about 3 to 4 feet long) called Tarpon darted in and out of our light beams as we provided them with light for their dinner. During the dive we saw snowflake eels, Tarpon, crab and lobster. A few times I turned off my light and just floated at about 60'. I imagine it is what it's like to be in deep space. No light, no sound other than your breathing and bubbles. Eerie but peaceful. My sister was a bit freaked out at first but enjoyed the dive.

Tomorrow is another 2 tank boat dive, this time to the North of the island, possibly in search of turtles. Unfortunately the internet connection here sucks so uploading pictures takes about 2 hours. I will keep trying though!

Talk to you soon!