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02 Yellow frogfish at
shore-based Pink Beach
dive site
03 Tiny spine-headed
blenny on Knife dive
site on Klein Bonaire
04 Magnificent
“armoured” tarpon
patrol the shallows at
dusk hunting for prey
Salt Pier
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This site’s easy shore entry
and accessibility make it a
popular destination for both
new divers and underwater
photographers. The pier’s pillars
create incredibly photogenic,
living works of art encrusted
with colourful sponges and
corals. Some really atmospheric
wide-angle shots can be
achieved here. Large schools
of fish drift in and out of the
shadows created by the pier
overhead. For macro fans
there are juvenile drumfish
and seahorses, along with
snake eels and other juveniles
using the pier structure as a
protective nursery.
05 Salt Pier legs
encrusted with colourful
sponges and corals
Captain Don’s
House Reef
This is one of the best house
reefs on the island. A guide
rope set from the jetty right
down the reef to 20-plus metres
leads divers home at the end
of a dive. There is a tiny rowing
boat wreck with egg-laying
damselfish, many vivid reef fish,
flamingo tongue snails, sponges
and corals and all manner
of creatures big and small.
Magnificent, silver armoured
tarpon are found in the shallows
at dusk.