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Kralendijk, Bonaire · 5–30m · beginner · sheltered

Shore dive on Bonaire's protected leeward coast, reached by a limestone staircase. Gentle sloping reef, the benchmark for Caribbean shore diving.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.9–1.1m
Wave period
4.4–4.7s
Wind chop
0.7–1m
Sea temp
28.6–28.8°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Sheltered — reef or lagoon protection, so swell is scored at half its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions today are marginal. Short-period chop is the limiting factor, creating 0.5m effective waves across the site. Raw sea state runs 0.9–1.1m with wind waves to 1m. The sheltered exposure works in your favour, but you'll notice the choppy character of the swell. Water temperature sits at 28.6–28.8°C. This is a beginner-friendly shore dive reached by limestone steps, and the gentle slope suits the conditions, but expect to work a little harder than on a calm day.

Divers commonly log Stoplight Parrotfish, Queen Parrotfish, and French Angelfish here. Western Atlantic Trumpetfish, Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse, Schoolmaster Snapper, Smooth Trunkfish, and Atlantic Blue Tang are often recorded. The reef is the benchmark for Caribbean shore diving, so marine life is predictably rich. Plan to spend your dive on the slope rather than rushing the descent.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

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