What we see on the reef, what we learn from teaching, and what it takes to run a dive school on a small island.
Mara was five months old when we moved to Bonaire. She is three now. She does not dive yet, but she snorkels, watches fish from the dock, and has grown up thinking the ocean is a normal part of a Tuesday. Here is what we have learned about Bonaire with a small child.
Everyone who dives on Bonaire pays $40 per year for a nature tag. Most divers pay it and forget about it. Here is where that money goes: ranger patrols, coral disease monitoring, mooring maintenance, and the operational budget of the marine park.
Everyone dives the same twelve sites on Bonaire. But the island has 54 shore-accessible reefs, and most of the best ones have no crowds. Here are five we go back to when it is just us.
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