Bonaire named top Caribbean/Atlantic dive destination

Sunday, January 11, 2004

KRALENDIJK, Bonaire: Bonaire has been named the top Caribbean/Atlantic Dive destination by the 2004 Rodale's Scuba Diving Reader's Choice Awards for the second consecutive year. 

The island also garnered #1 ratings in five more categories including top marine life, top underwater visibility, top shore diving, top beginner diving, and top underwater photography. Bonaire placed second in top small animal encounters, and third in healthiest marine environment, top value, and top advanced diving. The results of the 2004 Awards are featured in the January/February 2004 issue of Rodale's Scuba Diving. 

Dubbed by Rodale's as "the little island with the big scores," the exact ratings as listed below indicate the percentage of fours - very good, and fives - excellent, awarded by the more than 7,500 Rodale's subscribers and web users who rated their experiences on a scale of 1 - 5.

#1 Top Dive Destination - 95.2% 
#1 Top Shore Diving - 98 % 
#1 Top Marine Life - 93.9% 
#1 Top Underwater Visibility - 94.3.9% 
#1 Top Underwater Photography - 94.5% 
#1 Top Beginner Diving - 93.6% 

Located eighty-six miles east of Aruba and well outside the hurricane belt, the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire offers year-round sunshine, low annual rainfall, pristine coral formations and the most thriving fish population in the Caribbean. 

Ideal for adventurers, explorers and sun-worshippers alike, Bonaire offers myriad eco-adventure activities including world renowned scuba diving and snorkeling, windsurfing, mountain biking, kayaking, horseback riding, nature tours, hiking, bird watching, sailing and deep sea and bone fishing. 

For more information visit Bonaire's official website at www.InfoBonaire.com  

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