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Cha Cha Cha

Small district entry with a sand channel to the reef

Cha Cha Cha is one of the smaller entries along the southern residential district, with a sand channel that takes you to the reef without walking over coral. The dive is short on approach and calm in character.

IN ONE LINE

Cha Cha Cha is a beginner shore dive on the south coast: a sand channel to a reef top at five to seven metres and a slope to thirty metres.

TRANSLATED PAGECha Cha Cha

What you see

The sand channel runs to a reef top at five to seven metres with finger coral and fan coral. The slope drops gradually to thirty metres with sponges. Juvenile fish and trumpetfish on the top; rays on the sand.

When to go

In light wind and in the morning. The channel is hard to follow in swell, which raises the chance of coral damage.

WHAT DISAPPOINTS

Outside the channel you walk over coral — stay inside it. Little depth and little relief. Parking along the road in the district, no shade, no water, no toilet.

Rules on site

NATURE TAGRequired; the site lies within the Bonaire National Marine Park.
TOUCHINGTouch nothing, take nothing, do not anchor.
EQUIPMENTGloves only with an exemption from STINAPA.

Decisions on diveability, technique and health belong with STINAPA, a dive school or a doctor. This page only describes the conditions.

Context

The sand channels along this coast are partly natural and partly kept open over the years by divers. They are the reason the shallow coral here is better than at entries without a channel.

Questions about this site

Why is that channel important?
It takes you to the reef without walking over coral. Outside the channel you damage the shallow part.
Is it busy here?
Rarely. The well-known sites lie further north and south.

Nearby

FACT CARDSITE
EntryShore
LevelBeginner
Depth4 to 30 m
CurrentLight
SnorkellingYes, from shore
ParkingRoadside
ShadeNone
FacilitiesNone
Distance from Kralendijk6 km Z
Nature TagRequired
WHAT THE NATURE TAG COSTS
SOURCES
  1. STINAPA, rules of the Bonaire National Marine Park
  2. Own field observation

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