Bonaire
1000 Steps
Bonaire’s classic shore dive: down the stairs and straight onto the reef.
About the dive
1000 Steps is a beginner-friendly dive site in Bonaire. Divers have logged 4,137 dives here, going to 21 m on average in around 23 m of visibility. 22 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are parrotfish, green turtle and trumpetfish. Sightings peak in August, November and December.
- Level
- Beginner
- Avg. max depth
- 21 m
- Visibility
- 23 m
- Dive time
- 54 min
- Logged dives
- 4,137
- Busiest months
- Aug · Nov · Dec
- Region
- Southern Caribbean
Most sighted here
ParrotfishPhoto: Jeffry Surianto · CC0
Green TurtlePhoto: National Marine Sanctuaries · CC0
TrumpetfishPhoto: Pixabay · CC0
AngelfishPhoto: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at 1000 Steps and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Green Turtle | ||||||||||||
| Trumpetfish | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Lionfish | ||||||||||||
| Barracudas | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Pufferfish | ||||||||||||
| Boxfish | ||||||||||||
| Surgeonfish | ||||||||||||
| Goatfish | ||||||||||||
| Damselfish | ||||||||||||
| Grunts | ||||||||||||
| Soldierfish | ||||||||||||
| Snappers |
Dive centers nearby
25 dive centers within 10 km. The closest:
- 4 Wheel Diving5 km
- Dive Friends Bonaire @ Hamlet Oasis5.3 km
- Captain Don's Habitat5.6 km
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