KARPATA
Bonaire
Karpata is one of the finest dive sites on Bonaire. The site is famous for its good visibility and beautiful panoramas. The pristine coral reef has beautiful shapes and forms and the water is teeming with fish. Karpata is perfect for wide-angle photography and a great dive site to spot turtles. If you haven’t seen one at Karpata, you didn’t look good!
Particulars
Entering the water can be a bit tricky at Karpata. Sit on the edge of the concrete platform and pull on your fins. Then fill your vest with some air and let the waves drag you over the shallow, rocky bottom. Do the same thing when leaving the water. Float over the rocks, grab the concrete plateau, remove your fins and walk out of the water along the plateau. Have you seen the turtles? Most turtles can be seen on the left side of the dive site, between 5 and 12 meters. Some hide on the edge of the reef, while others reach for the surface to take a breath of air.
Warnings
Be careful when you get in and out of the water.
KARPATA Divemaps 1
- Divers Guide Map
- Detailed map
- Wreck map
- Local map
Distribution is illegal
KARPATA Features
- Nicknames
- Karpata
- Address
- Queens Highway, Bonaire
- Parking
- On hill next to stairs to beach
- Distance
- 40 m.
- Suitable for
- Advanced divers
- Permit
- Bonaire Nature Tag
- Access
- Free access hard entry when waves are high
- Facilities
- None
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive, boat dive
- Current
- None, medium
- Visibility
- 15 - 30 m.
- Average visibility
- 25 m.
- Depth
- 40 m.
- Bottom
- koraal en zand
- Life
- Perch, blue tang, hard and soft coral , parrotfish, turtle
- Other recreation
- None
- Emergency
- 912
Current weather conditions
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