Sampler lies on the south side of Klein Bonaire, on the transition from the sheltered east side to the flowing south-west corner. The slope is steep, the sponges are large and visitation is low.
Sampler is an advanced boat dive on the south side of Klein Bonaire: a narrow top at five metres and a steep slope with large sponges to thirty-eight metres.
A narrow top at five metres gives way to a steep slope to thirty-eight metres. Large vase sponges and tube sponges on the wall, with black coral in the depths. Jacks and trumpetfish hang along the edge.
In calm sea and moderate current, when the boat visits this side. Around midday the light falls most favourably on the slope.
Little shallow water to off-gas on. The current can build towards the south-west corner. Boat only, no facilities on Klein Bonaire.
Decisions on diveability, technique and health belong with STINAPA, a dive school or a doctor. This page only describes the conditions.
The south side of Klein Bonaire lies outside the lee of the main island; the slope is steeper and the growth denser for it than on the north side. The whole island has been in government hands since 1999 to prevent development.
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