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Dive #133 · Sunday, 12 August 2012

Red Slave

Bonaire Bonaire National Marine Park

As ticked in the paper log: Salt Water; Nitrox; Entry: Beach

Max depth
19.2 m
Avg depth
11.9 m
Bottom time
30 min

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Cylinder
Alu80
Mode
Open circuit
Difficulty
3 (difficult)

Where

Red Slave

sea

The island's southern tip, beside the salt pans and the 1850 slave huts — exposed, current-swept, and the one Bonaire shore dive that is genuinely for experienced divers only.

The only dive here

On the map

Red Slave

No route marked

Sandbar and shallow reef 3-12 mSoft-coral fields and sand channels 12-25 mSteep drop-off from 25 m↓40 mUsual route · 360 mEntry by the southern slave hutsSlave huts (1850)Rays over the sandbar↓8 mAnchor chain and old anchors 45-60 m↓45 mStrong, changing current; southerly sets out to seaN50 m
  • Entry / exit
  • Hazard
  • Point of interest
  • Anchor
  • House / hut
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Dive path
  • Wall / drop-off
  • Coral / reef
  • Sand
  • Depth

Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

It was an exciting dive with a lot of current. The coral was very beautiful and intact and there were many schools of fish. Well worth it and good for the experience.

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