Willemstoren is the southernmost dive site on Bonaire, by the lighthouse where the west and east coasts meet. There is almost always surf and current here. The site is diveable a few days a year and not on all others — that is the most important information on this page.
Willemstoren is a shore dive for experienced divers on the southern point by the 1838 lighthouse: a pristine reef top at six to eight metres and a slope to forty metres, rarely diveable.
A reef top at six to eight metres with hard coral in exceptional condition, dropping steeply beyond forty metres. Large schools of jacks hang in the moving water, with tarpon and barracuda around them. Larger hunters pass regularly in the blue.
Only in completely flat sea and offshore wind, with an experienced guide who knows the site. Judge on the spot and accept that calling it off is almost always the right decision.
Strong, turning current and surf on a coast with no easy exit. No development, no traffic, no help within reach. Do not do it without experience of current and without a second person onshore.
Decisions on diveability, technique and health belong with STINAPA, a dive school or a doctor. This page only describes the conditions.
The Willemstoren lighthouse has stood on the southern point since 1838 and is the oldest on the island. The point is where the currents of both coasts meet — the same reason ships were wrecked here and why the reef is so pristine.
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