Discover Scuba
Pool in the morning, reef in the afternoon. No experience needed.
$11012°09'N · 68°16'W
Everything good is below.
The reef starts twenty metres from the road and drops to forty. We have been guiding it for twenty-one years.
The wall
One reef, four depths.
Bonaire's fringing reef is a shelf then a slope then a wall. Each band has its own life.
0–5m
Snorkel & training
The shallows
Turtle grass, juvenile fish, and the easiest entry in the Caribbean.
5–12m
Open Water
The shelf
Elkhorn and staghorn stands. Where every Open Water dive happens.
12–25m
Guided dives
The slope
Barrel sponges, tarpon at dusk, the occasional resting hawksbill.
25–40m
Advanced
The wall
Black coral, big pelagics, and the Hilma Hooker lying on her side.
Sites
Where the truck stops.
Sixty marked entries along the coast. Six our guides pick on their day off.
5–18m
House reef
Bari Reef
More recorded fish species than any other site on the island, five minutes from the shop.
30m
Wreck
Hilma Hooker
A 72-metre smuggler's cargo ship lying on her starboard side between two reefs.
5–25m
Turtles
1000 Steps
Only sixty-seven steps, though you will count more with tanks on.
6–16m
Photography
Salt Pier
Coral-wrapped pillars full of silversides. The best light on the island.
8–30m
Advanced
Karpata
Old ship anchors grown into the reef and the clearest water on the coast.
12–35m
Boat only
The Forest
A black-coral forest on Klein Bonaire's double reef. Worth the crossing.
Trips
Get wet.
All of it runs daily in season. Book the night before and your kit is on the truck by morning.
Guided shore dive
Two tanks, transport, and a guide who knows where the seahorses sit.
$45Klein Bonaire boat
Morning double-tank across the channel, coffee on the interval.
$95Night dive
Tarpon hunt in your torch beam. On new-moon nights the ostracods glow.
$55Open Water course
Three days, four students maximum, taught in your own language.
$420Advanced Open Water
Two days, five dives, including the Hilma Hooker at thirty metres.
$330Rental
- Full gear set computer included$18/day
- Full gear set, weekly$95
- Tank + weights only$12/day
Fills & packages
- Air fill$8
- Nitrox 32% fill$12
- Unlimited air, 6 days dive as much as you like$180
The crew
Five of us, one reef.
Small on purpose. You get the same guide all week, and the dog remembers your name before we do.
RM
Rudy Martis
Founder & course director
Learned to dive at Bari Reef aged nine.
MW
Mara Winklaar
Instructor & shop manager
Runs the schedule, teaches in Papiamentu.
DV
Daan Vos
Instructor
Came for two weeks in 2014. Still here.
LC
Luisa Cecilia
Divemaster & boat captain
Finds the frogfish when nobody else can.
SK
Skubi
Shop dog
Security, morale and lunch inspection.
Divers say
“They found a seahorse I had swum past four times.”
— Marijke, Utrecht
“Certified my daughter here. Patient, calm, never rushed a single skill.”
— Tom, Toronto
“Tanks ready at 7:45 every morning for two weeks straight.”
— Andrés, Bogotá
Good to know
Before you descend.
Do I need to be certified?
Not for Discover Scuba — you can be in the water the same afternoon. Guided dives need Open Water or higher, and we would love to certify you if not.
Is the shore diving really that easy?
The west coast is protected, calm and shallow at the entry. You walk in from a marked yellow stone and the reef starts about twenty metres out.
What about gear?
Bring what you like, rent the rest. Regulators are serviced every season and a dive computer comes with every set at no extra cost.
Which languages do you teach in?
English, Dutch, Spanish and Papiamentu. Tell us when booking and we match you with the right instructor.
Do I need a marine park tag?
Yes — every diver on Bonaire needs the STINAPA nature tag. We sort it at check-in; it takes five minutes and is valid for the calendar year.
When is my last dive before flying home?
Leave 18 hours between your final dive and your flight. We plan your last day around it — ask us about the north-coast drive instead.
Book
Tanks ready at 7:45.
Tell us when you land and what you want to see. We answer the same day.
Reserve a dive
Kaya Playa Lechi 22, Kralendijk · +599 717 0000 (phone & WhatsApp)
hello@bluecurrent.example · Mon–Sat 7:30–17:00, Sun 8:00–14:00