Dennis Bakhuis

Dive site · sea · Bonaire National Marine Park

🇧🇶 The Lake

Kralendijk, Bonaire, Bonaire

Another of the southern double-reef sites, named for the calm sand basin that sits between the two reefs.

Dives here
1
Deepest
21.3 m
Water
salt
First · last
2012

Revision 1 · changed 10 Oct 2026

History
  1. r1 10 Oct 2026 Imported from the personal log · Dennis Bakhuis

Site data © divelog-sites contributors (ODbL), descriptions and maps CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

1 map

Sandy shelf 2-10 mInner reef 10-20 mThe Lake: sand valley 18-24 mOuter reefDrop-off 10 m↓30 mUsual route · 567 mEntry over broken rocksMooringGarden eels on the sand↓22 mN50 m
  • Entry / exit
  • Buoy
  • Point of interest
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Dive path
  • Wall / drop-off
  • Coral / reef
  • Sand
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Site map · 1 object · 1 path · max 30 m

The southern double reef: entry over broken rocks, a sandy shelf to the drop-off at about 10 m, the inner reef sloping to about 20 m, the sand valley between the reefs that gives the site its name at 18-24 m with garden eels and rays, and the outer reef beyond (bonaire.com site 42, zentacle.com reviews). Band widths agree with the Hilma Hooker, which OpenStreetMap places 370 m south in the same sand channel; the 30 m contour, the mooring spot and the route direction are assumptions. Coastline, pier and dive-site markers © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Positions are approximate.

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

One of the double-reef sites on the southern coast. The name refers to the sand valley between the inner and outer reefs — a wide, flat, pale basin at around 18–20 m that on a still day looks like the bed of a lake, and behaves like one: no surge, no current, nothing but garden eels and rays on the sand.

Dived 13 August 2012 to 21.3 m.

Dived here with

Kim

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1 dive at The Lake

  1. 13 Aug 2012 with Kim date13 Aug 2012 depth21.3 m time65 min water—