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Munk's Haven

Klein Bonaire, south-west side · overhangs and crevices

Munk's Haven lies on the south-west side of Klein Bonaire, where the slope is full of overhangs and crevices. Lobster, moray and glassy sweepers shelter under those ledges. It is a dive to go slowly along the wall with a torch in hand.

IN ONE LINE

Munk's Haven is an advanced boat dive on the south-west side of Klein Bonaire: a top at five to seven metres, overhangs at ten to twenty metres and a slope to thirty-five.

TRANSLATED PAGEMunk's Haven

What you see

A top at five to seven metres gives way to a slope with overhangs at ten to twenty metres, dropping on to thirty-five. In the cavities, lobster, moray and cleaner shrimp; on the wall, vase sponges and black coral.

When to go

In calm sea and moderate current. By day with a torch, or when the dive school plans a dusk dive here.

WHAT DISAPPOINTS

The overhangs are tight: do not go in, and mind your tank above your head. In swell the boat does not run to this side. Boat only, no facilities.

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 south-west side of Klein Bonaire is more heavily cut by surf than the sheltered side, which explains the overhangs. They offer shelter to species that stay out of the light by day.

Questions about this site

What is in the overhangs?
Lobster, moray, glassy sweepers and cleaner shrimp. Look with a torch and do not go in.
Is the current a problem?
Moderate, but it builds towards the south-west corner. Plan with the flow.

Nearby

FACT CARDSITE
EntryBoat
LevelAdvanced
Depth5 to 35 m
CurrentModerate
SnorkellingNot advised
ParkingNot applicable
ShadeNone
FacilitiesNone
Distance from Kralendijk8 km Z
Nature TagRequired
WHAT THE NATURE TAG COSTS
SOURCES
  1. STINAPA, rules of the Bonaire National Marine Park en Klein Bonaire
  2. Own field observation

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