the best snorkeling on Bonaire Island but most importantly for beginners because we all want the
really pretty views we want the beautiful water but we kind of want it to be both easy to get into
the water easy to figure out how to get there and just logistically close to other fun things versus
taking a long drive so we're actually going to be a little bit controversial and my number one
suggestion is not 1,000 steps yes it will be on the list but it's not the number one place that
I would suggest because to be honest with you I would suggest salt Pier why because you have so
many things passing through this spot and not only is it so easy to get in so close to the downtown
area whether you're at the pier or staying at one of the awesome downtown places but you can get
here very easily get in the water very easily and see things immediately like a baby turtle passing
through and so I love salt Pier because you can get a lot of diversity there's lots of schools of
fish there might be a big Stingray coming through so even as a snorkeler staying in the shallows or
exploring out to the big pillars you can see a lot of things at Salt pier and if you're new here yo
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I've been here 3 years in a row and I can't wait to share with you some of my top tips so in this
video we're talking about top places to snorkel some helpful tips because snorkeling on Bon a is
different than snorkeling in other places like Hawaii or Zanzibar or La Jolla California and
so there are some things that will be helpful for you to pack and bring with you ooh and just know
like the number one thing yo don't get in the water unless you paid your nature fee Stinapa
which is basically the the nature police okay I won't say that the nature Conservatory group
will make sure by checking your Stinapa nature tags that you have paid and every year the price
goes up if you don't know what I'm talking about Link in the description below along with so many
other YouTube videos and tons of blog posts and an Instagram guide and all the things there's a
ton of info in there for you so don't miss out and don't forget to pay your nature fee so like
I said about salt Pier the ENT is really easy and on this trip I brought I brought something
with me I brought my meatball boyfriend who totally sucks at snorkeling and salt Pier was
perfect because getting in is very easy here and you are guaranteed going to see something cool
in the water as soon as you get in and so salt Pier is a great one and obviously if you scuba
dive this also happens to be my favorite scuba diving uh dive site but one thing about salt
peer is I don't know know the beach is just so so to hang out at so my tip for you after you've had
your morning snorkel at Salt Pier head over to Te Amo Beach and there's two things here one there's
kite City so the food trucks on Bon Air are very popular grab their tuna burger so delicious make
sure you check out whatever Catch of the Day they got going on otherwise the stoked Food
Truck is over there as well and then that beach to beach is very popular for people to hang out at so
have your bur on the beach hang out underneath one of the trees and enjoy some shade and then
let's head to the next snorkel site all right let's keep driving north and let's head over to
1,000 steps because everyone's going to be curious about this most popular spot everyone talks about
it let's talk about what I don't like first I don't like how far north it is it's relatively
far right it's still only like a 15minute drive from the downtown area from the airport area
but the drive up is really pretty especially when you get right along the water on the road that is
shared in both directions right you got to pull over when someone is coming through it's really
pretty over there and also as soon as you get to the top of the stairs oh here's something I love
it's not 1,000 steps it feels like 1,000 steps after you've done an hourong scuba dive and you
have to go back up those steps uh or you know hourong snorkel going back up those steps but
it's not 1,000 it's like I don't know like 50 or something like that it's in my other video what I
don't love is that there's like no parking here and I get it f a is kind of quiet there's not a
lot of people but even if there are like 10 cars there I mean there's not a lot of places to park
and that's not really a big deal you can kind of shove your car somewhere but there's not that many
parking spots and it's just not somewhere that's used to accommodating more than a couple cars but
along the beach it's not sand you're going to get Coral lots of coral pieces and so it can be nice
to hang out um if it's a nice day sometimes occasionally you'll get a wind that's kind
of ripping through with no Shady spots at all so depending on what your jam is it's not my favorite
Beach to hang out at which we will the next site I love hanging out at the next snorkel spot which is
a must so 1,000 steps really is beautiful it just so happens I mean I've been diving here a million
times but just happened on the day that I was here to snorkel it it was pretty rough we got some some
waves out there so um we actually packed up and went to a different spot but 1,000 steps is cool
on the way back on your drive down south I love between two buns that's a great spot to go grab
a sandwich or a salad or a a boozy milkshake um but don't forget I have more videos a blog post
about where to eat that talks about between two buns and a video about all my favorite food spots
as well but let's head across the island to a spot that this is a good one one of the things that's
amazing about Bonair island is the water here is so beautiful but in my opinion the best water on
the island is here at sorbon and lock Bay so this is driving across the island through the middle
and over to the east side and here you'll get like the turquoise water with clear seethrough to the
bottom and what's so special about sor on is you can walk in the water for 20 30 minutes and still
be in waste High deep water and there's no se your chins or things that will like hurt your feet I
still highly recommend a couple things that you should pack one water shoes especially just when
you're getting in and out not in sorond because it's Sandy but for all the other snorkel spots
I've talked about I mean there's a lot of rocks and there's just sometimes there's fire Coral
there's other things you just want to make sure you're protecting your feet cuz the last injury
you want is your feet getting hurt I'd rather you be hung over or something for example but at lock
Bay really beautiful and the other thing is the sun is just glaring and so even though I had 82
degree water when I was there this past time I still wore a wet sup but that wasn't because I was
cold it was because the sun is very intense and so even if you wore a rash guard or something just in
the water to protect your skin I highly recommend that as well and it's hot outside and you want to
be able to see I'm not talking about sunglasses I'm talking about mask spray so to keep your mask
from fogging up um the brand that I recommend I will link in description below but also my Bon a
pack list is free downloadable printable available to you see the info in the description below but
headed out to lock Bay this is a cool one for a couple reasons the first is it's just cool to
hang out over here in the water in general even if you're not snorking but the tip to this one is
you want to go all the way out to The Breakers so where the Barrier Reef is at and where you can get
on boats like East Coast Diving to do scuba Dives on the other side of the reef but going out to
The Breakers is important you can either get there by walking it can take like 30 minutes swim it'll
probably take you like 20 minutes but if you get a kayak and I love jib City I love all the guys
there Jamal Caesar sure you can rent a kayak from them $20 for an hour $30 for 2 hours and it will
get you there super fast make sure you ask them for a rope so that you can hold the kayak to your
wrist or to your ankle so it doesn't get taken away with the current um and you can also use
it to hold on to although what's funny about going out there is it's so shallow that you're literally
like squatting on the sand as you're just looking down at all of the fish in the coral on the day
I was there uh the brakes were pretty big like the waves were pretty big so we didn't go to the
other side because the swells are huge depending on the time the year you're there you can calmly
go to the other side and snorkel some of the really cool dive sites you can snorkel at White
Hole where a lot of things hide in there or you can just see tons and tons of turtles there's a
million Turtles that are coming through that area and headed to Turtle City that info is in my East
Coast Diving video sor and lock Bay oo my tip for you for afterwards oh go to Sebastian Sebastian
has their Standard Restaurant down town fantastic but soron Beach Sebastian has a lunch menu um and
they're open daytime only they think they close around 600 p.m. but a fantastic place to have
some wine enjoy the view um and have some lunch oh wait a minute what am I talking about Kare kib is
where it's at get that fish of the day wrap oh my gosh it's fire and it's only like $112 so Good by
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check the info in the description all right let's talk about the next one this one is super unique
and this one requires a tour so if you go to the mangrove Center again on the east side you can
take a kayak tour that has a snorkel aspect to it there's a lot of cool baby things and schools of
fish hiding in the mangroves out out there it's actually something I would recommend so if you
like to kayak especially through mangroves and you like that kind of beautiful view don't miss
that one it's actually really cool oo I'm going to say something controversial right now which
is and hold on I love boats like being on a boat is one of my most favorite things in the world
but I'm not sure if you need to get on a boat to be able to snorkle in Bon a and I'm not convinced
that going to Klein Bon a which nothing is there at all which that is is also the appeal nothing
is there but there's a lot of places in boner that are logistically significantly easier to get to in
which no one is there and you can have the entire beautiful beach to yourself anyway that's beside
the point going on a boat I would say yes if yes if you're going with a group of friends you're
there to drink have lunch enjoy the views be on a catamaran or something absolutely links in the
description below to some of the top rated vator tours which are easily cancelable if your plans
change that's important to me but getting on a boat isn't necessary for the best snorkeling but
let's talk about something special no literally something special that's the name of this dive
site and the reason why I brought meatball to snorkel here is a couple reasons um one
actually it's a beach that a lot of the locals go to um you know you're there because you'll
see the beautiful mural that's over there um we couldn't find parking right away so we kind of
started somewhere a little bit down from something special and then snorkel back toward it but what's
cool about it is one super easy entry there's like no waves on this part of the island and
so getting in is very very easy and I just I love being around the boats it's cool because all like
the anchors are there the buoys that hold up the boats with the anchors and there's always like
fish and coral around there you can just find some neat things kind of hiding and it's really
really nice just to be right in the heart this is a logistically easy snorkel you're right in the
heart of downtown very easy to get into the water here and you're guaranteed going to see something
very quickly we even saw some really big Tarpon in the shallows that was really surprising they
were literally right on the shore it was really I could see the car while I was looking at the
tarpon um but you can find some really cool stuff at something special two other things I would
recommend um we picked up a floaty from venden which is is the local grocery store that everyone
goes to again info in the description for all my other helpful videos grab a floaty for five bucks
that will help you out another thing I recommend is a wet bag so that you can bring your important
belongings with you and if you're wondering how I'm getting a lot of these underwater shots super
easy it's all done on a GoPro no problem most of the editing not 90% is from my phone you
can find my course on how to shoot underwater in the description below but it's easier than you
think all right are you ready for the most unique snorkel on Bon a and this is one that is specific
to Bon a as well which is the ostra cods the ostra what they're basically like 1 mm little shrimps
and after the full moon you got to time this with the full moon like the couple days after the full
moon that's when you go out to snorkel and see them and most people um do it as a scuba dive
and we did it out of red beryl so on the south part of the island and after the full moon what
happens is they mate and during their mating it's literally like actually the closest thing would
be bioluminescence in which they are lighting up and it looks like the night sky but underwater
and if you're wondering like Christine where's all the footage of this it's literally impossible to
capture there's like nothing to capture but it's one of the most unique things you can see in the
water where you have a whole night sky underwater and when you come up from the snorkel or look
up from the snorkel you have a whole night sky because on the south part of the island there's
significantly less development and there's just a huge opportunity to see a bajillion stars but
the ostra cots are a really unique snorkel that's specific to Bon a and you go out maybe 20 minutes
after the sun has set so prepare yourself be all set up once the Sun is going down and then head
into the water and at Red Beryl they actually had um a rope with buoys that snorkelers can kind of
hold on to as you're going out which is really cool if you want to hear more about this snorkel
I podcasted with meatball about it you can catch that in description as well as so many other boner
videos and blog posts available to you if you have a helpful tip we're all a community add it in the
comments below I'm Christine lozada connect with me if this was helpful tell me in the comments
below and tell me when you're headed to Bon Island I'd love to know I go back every year and I can't
wait for my next trip go forth go snorkel have a great time and I'll see you in the next adventure
ciao