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  • April Leonard's trip Bonaire 2016
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2016-10-02 - Bonaire Oceanfront Apartments House Reef/Big Sexy's Reef, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

21.5m - 39 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

First dive of this trip. I left my boots at home and had to borrow some from the shop. We saw a giant queen angel, an old-man looking big puffer fish, a group of scrawled file fish grazing on some sponges, a spotted moray, white spotted file fish, and one lion fish. Lot's of life but the reef wasn't that interesting.

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2016-10-02 - Larry's Lair, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

22m - 45 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

There was a lot of life at this site. I saw a soap fish get attacked by a . There were two orange file fish that started changing colors when I got too close. I watched a parrot fish eating the reef. I also saw a drumfish and a big moray. I had a difficult time exiting and fell down while trying to get out. We got out of the water just as the sun was setting. It was darker than normal during the dive and none of my pictures came out.

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2016-10-03 - Andrea I I, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

19.9m - 34 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

We had to cut this dive a bit early because my air tank wasn't full to begin with. It was a good dive though. We saw a couple very old looking barracuda, a sea turtle, a group of wahoo, a large group of chubs and chromas that looked like they were feeding, a puffer fish, and a couple scrawled file fish.

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2016-10-03 - 1000 Steps, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

16.2m - 39 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

Justin's tank was very low on air to begin with - he left a bit early and Kevin and I hung out around our exit point for awhile. This was a great dive - lots of live and interesting reef structure. We saw a spotted eagle ray, a tiny filefish, a tarpon, a turtle, and a drum. After Justin left, Kevin chased a pufferfish around with the camera and we saw a huge midnight parrotfish.

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2016-10-05 - Jeff Davis Memorial, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

26.4m - 39 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

This was our first dive after taking the day off yesterday due to the storm surge from hurricane Matthew. The entrance was a bit difficult with a little cliff to climb down but one in, the visibility wasn't as bad as expected after the storm surge. The current changed direction part way through the dive so we were swimming back against the current. I saw a white spotted file fish, a barracuda, and a puffer. I accidentally smacked some fire coral in the shallows which looking for Kevin.

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2016-10-05 - Weber's Joy, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

26.6m - 44 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

I may be having problems with my regulator again. It's free flowing easily and making weird sounds when I breathe. There was a strong current at this site! Not a lot of fish life but I did see a big queen angel, 5 scrawled file fish grazing together, a peacock founder, and a drum.

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2016-10-06 - Hilma Hooker (Wreck), Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

24.3m - 35 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

I made some adjustments to the airflow on my regulator and now it seems to be working ok. This site was much less crowded than when we did it last year. I saw several large tarpon. The visibility wasn't great - this was the first day of diving in the south after the surge from hurricane Matthew (surge was much worse in the south). I probably don't need to do this site again unless I'm with someone who really wants to do it. We were swimming against a strong current on our way back in to shore.

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2016-10-06 - North Belnem/Corporal Meiss Reef, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

21.6m - 30 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

The current was very strong on this dive - almost too strong to be enjoyable. It was difficult to stop and look at anything. This may have been a good dive if not for the current - we saw many chromas, cow fish, a white spotted file fish, a scorpion fish, and an intermediate stage drum.

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2016-10-07 - Ol' Blue, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

22m - 51 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

This was a great dive with a lot of live. I saw many banded coral shrimp, a very small lionfish, a lizard fish, a sea turtle, cowfish, a tarpon, two lettuce sea slugs, a puffer, a big snapper (cubera snapper), and something that looked like a corallomorph (actually artichoke coral).

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2016-10-07 - Karpata, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

20.9m - 42 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

This was the best dive of the trip. The reef structure was really cool with finger-like projections. The life on the reef was similar to Tolo (Ol' Blue). Kevin found a huge fireworm crawling across some brain coral. I saw a lizard fish and seven lettuce sea slugs. There was a turtle and several scrawled file fish in the shallows. There was also a tiny file fish during our safety stop.

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2016-10-07 - Salt Pier, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

14.4m - 53 min - Dived with Buddy Dive

A great last dive of the trip. There was a lot of life under to salt pier. There were large schools of snappers, grunts, and goats. We saw many barracuda, queen angels, tarpon, and drums. We also saw a sharp tail eel and a midnight parrotfish.

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