Southwest Corner is the corner where the water bends around Klein Bonaire and the current turns. That brings large schools of fish and a dive you do with the flow. In a current that keeps running, this is no place to swim against.
Southwest Corner is an advanced boat dive on the south-west corner of Klein Bonaire: a reef top at six to eight metres, a steep slope to forty metres and a turning current with large schools of fish.
A reef top at six to eight metres with dense hard coral, dropping steeply beyond forty metres. On the corner, schools of jacks and grunts hang in the moving water, with tarpon and barracuda around them. Large vase sponges and sea fans stand on the slope.
In a moderate current you can use, as a drift dive with the boat picking you up. In strong current most boats carry on to a quieter site.
The current can run from moderate to strong here and turn during the dive. Deep reef, so short dive time. Boat only, and the boat has to pick you up on the other side. No facilities on the island.
Decisions on diveability, technique and health belong with STINAPA, a dive school or a doctor. This page only describes the conditions.
On the corners of both islands the currents of the lee and windward sides meet. That brings food and explains why the schools of fish here are larger than along the sheltered north side.
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