Lily's Travels: Bonaire dive day 4

1/22/2025

Bonaire dive day 4

It's a windy day like yesterday. We asked the recommendation at the dive shop for whether we should head north or south with the winds and they recommended north for less winds. We headed to Oil Slick and Jeff Davis Memorial. We decided on Jeff Davis first because it's a little deeper. The entry looked a little challenging as there were some steps down to the beach on some makeshift coral steps. But the entry looked ok with a sandy channel. We debated skipping it but decided to give it a go. Jeff Davis Memorial We were the only divers there. We decided not to swim to the buoy as it was far and just descend in front of the entry point. There was a pretty strong current but nothing we couldn't handle. We saw lots of schools of fish and there were little crops of coral to poke around. Nothing super special though. Just beautiful schools of fish. I wonder if this is just the reef coming back from bleaching events and the coral virus - though it's still around. Or maybe it's just baby fish season. We found our way to the buoy so backtracked to where we entered. All was well, we found our entry point. However, there were some unexpected rocks hidden in the sandy exit and we took a stumble. I also had some fin issue - it didn't want to come loose from my boot. This caused all this confusion. Ultimately, I took a wrong step and ended up twisting my ankle. I thought it was ok but when realized it was definitely a sprain. This ended our dives for the day. So, uncharacteristically, I have edited some of my underwater pictures already - due to propping my foot up. Enjoy!