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Karpata is one of Bonaire’s most popular dive sites for good reason! This is a great location for snorkelers and divers of all levels. The site has a beautiful and healthy reef filled with various hard and soft coral species. You can enter the water using the staircase at Karpata, it is recommended to use the cement platform to aid in your entry. Swim out and start your descent at the mooring buoy to find yourself surrounded by shallow-lying gorgonians and hard coral. The King Willem-Alexander …
Karpata is one of Bonaire’s most popular dive sites for good reason! This is a great location for snorkelers and divers of all levels. The site has a beautiful and healthy reef filled with various hard and soft coral species. You can enter the water using the staircase at Karpata, it is recommended to use the cement platform to aid in your entry. Swim out and start your descent at the mooring buoy to find yourself surrounded by shallow-lying gorgonians and hard coral. The King Willem-Alexander Reserve starts on the northern side of Karpata and diving in this reserve is strictly prohibited, therefore it is recommended to dive south/left from the entry point. The site can be enjoyed at all depths, and the reef buttresses have a steep drop-off with sand channels that run from the shallows down to the bottom of the reef at 45m/147ft. Keep an eye out for the old anchor that lies at 11m/36ft a short swim south from the mooring buoy - this is a great navigational reference!
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