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Dive #134 · Sunday, 12 August 2012

Salt Pier

Kralendijk, Bonaire Bonaire National Marine Park

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

Max depth
11.5 m
Avg depth
6.4 m
Bottom time
76 min

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Cylinder
Alu80
Pressure
200 → 40 bar
Mode
Open circuit
Weights
4 kg
Difficulty
1 (easy)

Where

Salt Pier

sea

The loading jetty of the Cargill solar salt works, divable only when no ship is alongside — and the pillars have become the richest structure on the island.

The only dive here

On the map

Salt Pier

No route marked

Sandy shallows 3-8 mPillar rows under the conveyorBerth and mooring dolphins↓30 mUsual route · 433 mEntry north of the pierPillar labyrinth 6-15 m↓10 mPier headNatural reef 20-30 m↓25 mNo diving while a ship is alongsideN50 m
  • Entry / exit
  • Hazard
  • Point of interest
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Dive path
  • Wall / drop-off
  • Sand
  • Depth

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

Long dive without any real coral. Plenty of fish though, including barracuda and a free-swimming moray.

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