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Vista Blue

Close to the southern point · the current already runs with Red Slave

Vista Blue lies a few kilometres from the southern point and it shows: the current that runs strong at Red Slave already runs with you here. The reef is intact and the traffic low. Anyone diving here plans a drift dive, not a loop.

IN ONE LINE

Vista Blue is an advanced shore dive close to the southern point: a reef top at six to eight metres, a steep slope to forty metres and a current that runs with Red Slave's.

TRANSLATED PAGEVista Blue

What you see

A reef top at six to eight metres with dense hard coral and sea fans, which after the edge drops steeply to forty metres. Large vase sponges stand along the slope and schools of jacks hang over it. Larger hunters pass regularly in the blue.

When to go

In flat water and a current you can use. Do not go when there is surf on the coast: the entry lies open to the south-west.

WHAT DISAPPOINTS

The current can build during the dive as you go further south. There is no development and little traffic nearby. Parking on the verge, 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

At the southern point the currents along the west and east coasts meet. That makes the water here richer in food and the reef more intact, but also less predictable than further north along the coast.

Questions about this site

How does this compare to Red Slave?
Less extreme, but the same direction. The current already runs with you here and can build during the dive.
Is this a site for a drift dive?
Yes. Plan with the current and agree where you exit; swimming back against it costs too much here.

Nearby

FACT CARDSITE
EntryShore
LevelAdvanced
Depth6 to 40 m
CurrentModerate
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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