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Sweet Dreams

Just before the southern point · the current almost always runs with you

Sweet Dreams lies between Vista Blue and Red Slave, on the stretch where the current already draws towards the southern point. The reef is intact and visitation low; the dive is one with the current, or not at all.

IN ONE LINE

Sweet Dreams is an advanced shore dive just before the southern point: a reef top at six to eight metres, a steep slope to forty metres and a current that almost always runs with you.

TRANSLATED PAGESweet Dreams

What you see

A reef top at six to eight metres with dense hard coral, dropping steeply to forty metres. Large vase sponges and black coral on the slope, schools of jacks in the blue. Larger hunters regularly along the edge.

When to go

In flat water and a current you can use. Early in the day; later the wind sets in and the entry turns choppy.

WHAT DISAPPOINTS

Swimming back against the current is not an option here: plan the exit before you go in. No development and no help nearby. Verge along the coast road, 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 last kilometres before the southern point are undeveloped and barely visited. The reef is better here than further north, and the currents that feed it make it less accessible at the same time.

Questions about this site

How do you plan this dive?
As a drift dive with the current, with an agreed exit point. Back against the current is not an option.
Is this easier than Red Slave?
Yes, but in the same family. The current is less extreme, the absence of help nearby the same.

Nearby

FACT CARDSITE
EntryShore
LevelAdvanced
Depth6 to 40 m
CurrentModerate to strong
SnorkellingNot advised
ParkingStrip along the road
ShadeNone
FacilitiesNone
Distance from Kralendijk21 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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