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 Love to hear about your favorite sites and dive shops in Bonaire and Aruba!
fatimajones - 2/27/2013 8:33 PM
Category: Travel
Replies: 6
Please let me know you guys - going there in 10 days. I’m checking out Dive Friends Bonaire, Mermaid Dive, JADS and Dive Aruba in Aruba. If you guys have fave sites and shops, I’d love some tips!
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fatimajones - 2/28/2013 2:26 PM
Thanks Eskimo!
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bronxdiver - 3/01/2013 2:24 AM
Havent been to Bonaire yet but have been to Aruba plenty of times. I dive with Aruba watersports, they are a small shop in the high rise area. They take out 4-6 people max, usually not that many people anyways. I have also used Unique water sports also in the high rise hotel area. They are a bigger outfit, bigger boats and way more people. Your best bet is to look on trip advisor for shops that are near ur hotel. The 3 outfits you put down are all located in the downtown area near the ship terminal, Jads is a little further away. Out of those 3 u listed id go with Jads, Dive aruba then Mermaids. Mermaids is ur bigger dive operation. Bigger dive operation=cattle boat IMO.
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bronxdiver - 3/01/2013 2:30 AM
Sorry, Site wise you have to dive the Antilla 60’, its Arubas famous wreck. The Jane C is a good wreck at about 85’-95’. Harbor reef is a good reed and wreck, the sonesta airplanes are cool also at 80’. Pedernales is a shallow reef but u get great bottom time out of it. Arashi reef is a reef and small wreck, Morning Star is a 85’ wreck as well. Most Wrecks are in the 75’-90’ range in aruba.