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Reef Smart Guides Bonaire: Scuba Dive. Snorkel. Surf. (Best Netherlands' Bonaire Diving Spots, Scuba Diving Travel Guide) Paperback – Illustrated, December 15, 2018

by Peter McDougall (Author), Ian Popple (Author), Otto Wagner (Author)
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The Definitive Guide to Bonaire Scuba Diving and Snorkeling

"With a mapping style and key information presented in a way that really prepares you for each dive site, this book is exactly what divers want." –Ocean Frontiers 

#1 Best Seller in Water Sports & Caribbean

From the authors of the Reef Smart Guide series comes Reef Smart Guides: Bonaire, a unique and essential scuba, snorkel, and surf travel guide for Bonaire diving.

A great Caribbean travel guide. The ultimate travel guide for beach and marine activities in Bonaire. The detailed descriptions and illustrations of beaches, coral reefs, shipwrecks, and other dive spots are ideal for divers, snorkelers, kitesurfers and windsurfers. Make the most of your time on Bonaire island and in the water.

Detailed descriptions and map art. With the help of Reef Smart’s unique 3D-mapping technology, learn all you need to know about the regions' top dive and snorkel sites. These maps provide useful information such as depths, currents, waves, suggested routes, potential hazards, unique structures and species information.

Don’t go diving without it. This indispensable resource helps you plan and execute dives without a hitch. Make sure to pack this guidebook with the rest of your scuba gear when you visit Bonaire island, the shore diving capital of the Caribbean.

In this essential guide you get:

  • The best locations for diving, snorkeling, kitesurfing and windsurfing, and how to access them
  • Detailed 3D maps, graphics and information to help you plan your time in and out of the water
  • Species guide to help you identify and understand the marine creatures you will encounter

If you enjoyed 100 Dives of a Lifetime, Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die, or Dive Atlas of the World, than Reef Smart Guides: Bonaire is the perfect addition to your diving collection! Also don’t miss other Reef Smart Guides for the best diving in Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach and Palm Beach; Barbados, and Grand Cayman.

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Born and raised in Canada, Peter received his undergraduate and Master’s degrees from McGill University. His focus on behavioral ecology and coral reef ecology led him to two field seasons at Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados, in 1999 and again in 2002. After graduating in 2003, Peter moved to the United States and began a career in science communication and writing, publishing in both peer-reviewed academic journals and the popular press. He has written on a variety of coastal ecosystem issues, including extensive work surrounding the science of ocean acidification. He is a PADI Rescue Diver with over 300 dives in 19 years of experience.

Born and raised in the U.K., Ian earned his undergraduate degree in oceanography from the University of Plymouth in 1994. He worked for five years at Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados, supporting research projects across the region, before completing his Master’s in marine biology at McGill University in 2004. He co-founded a marine biology education company, Beautiful Oceans, before founding Reef Smart in 2015 to raise awareness and encourage people to explore the underwater world. Ian has published in both the scientific and mainstream media, including National Geographic, Scuba Diver Magazine and the Globe and Mail. He is a PADI Dive Master with over 3,000 dives in 25 years of diving experience.

Born and raised in Romania, Otto graduated from the University of Art and Design in Cluj, Romania in 1991. He moved to Canada in 1999 where he studied Film Animation at Concordia University in Montreal. In 2006, Otto turned to underwater cartography and pioneered new techniques in 3D visual mapping. He co-founded Art to Media and began mapping underwater habitats around the world. Throughout his 25-year career, Otto has received numerous awards and international recognition for his work, including the Prize of Excellence in Design from the Salon International du Design de Montréal. He has also illustrated seven books. Otto is a PADI Advanced Diver with over 500 dives in 15 years of diving experience.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Reef Smart Guides; Digital original edition (December 15, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1633539806
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1633539808
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
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    Born and raised in Canada, Peter McDougall received his undergraduate and Master's degrees from McGill University. His focus on behavioral ecology and coral reef ecology led him to two field seasons at Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados, in 1999 and again in 2002. It was in Barbados that he first developed his love for coral reef habitats.

    After graduating in 2003, Peter moved to the United States and began a career in science communication and writing, publishing in both peer-reviewed academic journals and the popular press. He has written on a variety of coastal ecosystem issues, including extensive work surrounding the science of ocean acidification. He is a PADI Rescue Diver with over 350 dives in 20 years of experience.

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    Born and raised in the U.K., Ian earned his undergraduate degree in Oceanography from the University of Plymouth in 1994 and his Master’s degree in marine biology at McGill University in 2004. He worked for five years at McGill's research institute in Barbados - Bellairs Research Institute - supporting marine ecology research projects across the Caribbean, before moving to Australia to gain further experience at the Australian Institute of Marine Science and James Cook University. Ian founded Reef Smart Guides in 2015, to raise awareness of the coral reef environment and encourage exploration through recreational diving and snorkeling. Ian has published in both the scientific and mainstream media, including National Geographic, Canadian Geographic, Scuba Diver Magazine and the Globe and Mail. He is a PADI Dive Instructor with over 3,000 dives in 30 years of diving experience.

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Essential Bonaire SCUBA kit!
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Essential Bonaire SCUBA kit!
If you are diving in Bonaire this is essential SCUBA kit in my opinion. I have been a huge fan of the dive maps that Peter, Ian and Otto have been making but THIS book has changed how I explore ALL the sites of Bonaire. I am on island right now and there is a well worn copy that lives in our truck. I have now been to new (for me) sites that I just would not have tried to figure out (like how to get to some of them). As an instructor who spends time here with different levels of divers and snorkelers, it is so useful to research a site before we go and share information with everyone. Giving visual orientation is stress reducer and super helpful to helping people prep for sites they have never been to. This is the kind of quality product that I am very happy to pay for.
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Abel
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this Guide Series!
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Very nice printing and pictorial description of each dive site and also interesting read of what author has to say of each site.

Very satisfied!!
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Walter R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable resource
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2024
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Bought this to take on our first dive trip to Bonaire. It was a great supplement to a number of YouTube channels I watched before going. Lots of great info on how to get to the sites, parking information, pictures, and maps (for some, not all). The glossary of fish and other wildlife was also great to have with us each time we dove. The only issue we had was that we found at least one dive site that is no longer accessible due to a new resort being built (18th Palm). It took a while of driving around before we figured it out.
Well worth the money, especially for first or second timers to Bonaire.
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Corey
5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Great Info
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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Purchased for an upcoming trip. I haven't put it to the test yet but it's very informative on the dive sites around the around to include depth, current, difficulty, and reef. It's super helpful determining where we'll target during our time on the island. Several of the sites (probably more popular) even have maps of where to enter, navigate and exit. It makes it easier to plan the dives. I highly recommend.
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Capefisherman
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book about the best diving and snorkeling at one of the best places to do it in the world !
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2024
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A fabulous guide book for exploring both via snorkel or full diving gear one of the best islands in the Caribbean for those activities. Although Bonaire is not large the number of opportunities for maximizing your time in the water is astounding; of the 22 islands where I have snorkeled in the Caribbean, Bonaire is so much better than any of the others I've visited the problem becomes how to choose a place or places to go. This is where this book really shines with information about each and every spot, including things like fish and coral you can expect to see, whether or not currents affect specific areas, rating each spot from raw beginner to expert, hazards to be avoided, and with both text and photographs suggest specific spots to enter and leave the water. Good reef practices are stressed too - with climate change being positively identified as a major danger to coral world-wide, knowing the importance of careful swimming around reefs to avoid damaging them is absolutely vital and this point is stressed again and again throughout the book. This very well may be the best book ever written about diving and snorkeling off Bonaire!
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Nick Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Best diving and snorkeling guide for Bonaire
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2024
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This is hands down the best guide with maps of each site.
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Richard Norton
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Resource!
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2022
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In my opinion this is book is a "must have" for first time visitors to Bonaire and a "should have" for repeat visitors. It does a great job of laying out dive sites on the west side of the island, explains quite a few more and gives an idea of conditions on the boat only -accessible dive spots on Klein Bonaire. My wife and I just returned from a week in Bonaire and this book had become dog-eared from pre-visit consultatione authors place all the usual cautions about accuracy and not relying on the book as a navigation aid, but you can do a lot of pre-dive planning from the book alone. In addition to the well rendered depictions and descriptions there is also a useful fish finding and identifying guide and some information about Bonaire in general. Having read the book let's you ask a lot smarter questions from the local dive staffs at the local dive shops and resorts.

However, even a 5 star review doesn't denote perfection and there are small ways this book could be improved. Although the authors use a three tier system to evaluate current, depth and dificulty, there is no real base line given. Just how fast is are one dot, two dot and three dot currents? You can extrapolate depth - which is helpful, but how they rated difficulty is bit of a mystery. There is also no information about prevailing currents. Granted these may shift, but sharing the usual direction would be really u seful. Not every dive site is ilustrated - and only one of the dives on Klein Bonaire. Doing every site would take an enormous amount of work and multiple volumes, but a diver can dream.

The book couls also use a warning - some of the dive sites painstakingly defined and located may have had markers removed or been encroached upon by real estate developers. This is in no way the author's fault, but such a warning might be seen as a courtesy.

Anyway, if you're heading to Bonaire, buy this book!
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Isaac Warren
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. All you need to plan a dive
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024
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Great book with maps and descriptions to help you dive bonaire
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024
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Accurate, descriptive. We utilized the dive maps, and they were spot on
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Sean
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome resource for diving Bonaire!
Reviewed in Canada on August 27, 2023
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Awesome 3D renderings of some of the major dive sites, make it easy to navigate and determine your dive depth and where to find wrecks, points of interest, and landmarks on the dive sites. Excellent and thorough explanation of how to find sites, entries, and potential sea life. If you’re a first time Bonaire diver or a regular this book is awesome!
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mr matteo nasi
5.0 out of 5 stars All you need for your Bonaire diving...
Reviewed in the Netherlands on July 22, 2023
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...and some fresh and current advice on local conditions. Very well made. The only drawback is that the 3D isometric (gorgeous) maps are not very precise with bearings and distances, but no big deal really.
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Dr. Hansjörg Mühlen
5.0 out of 5 stars Bestes Buch für Tauchspots auf BonAire
Reviewed in Germany on October 27, 2021
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Alle Tauchsports aufgelistet, auch ein paar nicht offizielle. Gute Beschreibung. Leider hat der Bauboom in Bonaire eingesetzt, so dass einige Spots an oder hinter einer Baustelle liegen. Auch wird der freie Zugang zu allen Sports mehr und mehr durch die lokalen Tauchbasen eingeschränkt.
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KattiMini
5.0 out of 5 stars J’ai vraiment trouvé ce livre très utile pour découvrir Les sites de plongées de Bonaire
Reviewed in France on May 23, 2021
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En anglais uniquement mais si vous allez plonger à Bonaire en autonome c’est vraiment un super guide qui vous donnera les plans des sites

Il a été ma bible pour mes deux semaines à Bonaire
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Aitor Menika
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Spain on January 25, 2020
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Viene la descripción de los puntos de buceo perfectamente explicado con imágenes y explicaciones además de la información de los peces .
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