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Calabas Reef
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Calabas Reef is off the Divi Flamingo Beach Resort, just South of town.
Directions: Head south from Kralendijk on the main coastal road, less than 1km from the Town Pier.
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02/13/2005 Ed Kenney (Avg: 4.06 Review) - We stayed at the Carib Inn, next to the Divi Flamingo and enjoyed our stay immensely. Both the resort and house reef are exceptional. The little boat at about 70 feet deep off the Flamingo side of the reef was probably my favorite part of the reef and made a nice dive heading north from the Carib Inn buoy. There were lots of great shrimp, nudibranch and morays nearby, and almost always tarpon or great barracuda escorted me on the way there. Occasionally, a cordon of squid was up in the shallows, and twice I saw bonefish in the brightly lit sands. I never did find the seahorses that other divers saw, but I enjoyed this dive almost every one of the seven days were on Bonaire. The dive south to the south part of the reef had more soft coral, flamingo tongues and filefish but seemed a bit more "used, " even though it wasn't anywhere near as popular while I was there.
06/16/2001 Ron and Diane Gould (Avg: 4.24 Review) - Divi Flamingo is the best highly recommended.… we were there 6/16/01 to 23 great diving. My wife is a novice. I'm a 36y dive master with 1,764 logged dive's. What a beautiful part of the world. Everyone was warm and cheerful, good food drink for all…
05/21/2001 Jerry Hamberg (Avg: 3.38 Review) - most shallow sites have bad vis - like 30 ft. The deeper dive areas were 60 - 70 ft.
05/10/2001 Jim Neumayer (Avg: 4.33 Review) - We stayed here at the Divi Flamingo which I highly recommend (get the full meal plan) so this was our home base for late afternoon dives, and night dives. The night dives were some of the best I have ever experienced. Access is great, just jump off the pier and you are about 20 yards away to the reefs. Saw something different on every dive here. Guests staying here at the resort can store gear right on the pier in the storage facility. Tanks are available 24 hours to guests. My wife did her check out dives with the dive shop on property and they were very professional.
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GPS: NB2201
N12°08.6093'
W068°16.5146'
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Park outside the property walls, and check-in with the dive shop before unloading.
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GPS: NB2202
N12°08.6654'
W068°16.5602'
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The beach area makes for a perfect entry. The dive facilities and docks are in the background.
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The reef can be explored in either direction. Watch your current.
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Last Verification: February, 2001
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