Bonaire
Salt Pier
Light beams through pier pillars covered in sponges, with tarpon and turtles.
About the dive
Salt Pier is a beginner-friendly dive site in Bonaire. It is a beach, reef, sandy bottom and open water dive. Divers have logged 10,562 dives here, going to 16 m on average in around 22 m of visibility. 61 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are barracudas, green turtle and parrotfish. Sightings peak in October, November and December.
- Level
- Beginner
- Entry
- Shore
- Avg. max depth
- 16 m
- Visibility
- 22 m
- Dive time
- 55 min
- Logged dives
- 10,562
- Busiest months
- Oct · Nov · Dec
- Region
- Southern Caribbean
Most sighted here
BarracudasPhoto: Wouter Naert · CC0
Green TurtlePhoto: National Marine Sanctuaries · CC0
ParrotfishPhoto: Jeffry Surianto · CC0
Moray eelsPhoto: David Clode · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Salt Pier 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barracudas | ||||||||||||
| Green Turtle | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Tarpon | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Trumpetfish | ||||||||||||
| Pufferfish | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Boxfish | ||||||||||||
| Octopuses | ||||||||||||
| Goatfish | ||||||||||||
| Damselfish | ||||||||||||
| Surgeonfish | ||||||||||||
| Lionfish | ||||||||||||
| Grunts |
Dive centers nearby
28 dive centers within 10 km. The closest:
- Flamingo Diving3.3 km
- Dive Friends Bonaire @ Delfins3.8 km
- Scuba School Bonaire4.3 km
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