This dive site, Calabas Reef, serves as the accessible house reef for the popular Divi Flamingo Beach Resort, located directly in front of the property. It offers divers easy shore entry and straightforward navigation along a vibrant, healthy reef system. While specific historical anecdotes are not prominent, its role as a readily available and consistently rewarding dive site for resort guests underscores its importance within Bonaire's diving community.
The reef is teeming with diverse Caribbean marine life, providing opportunities to encounter numerous turtles, various groupers, and even elusive seahorses. Expect to see typical reef inhabitants such as nurse and reef sharks, stingrays, and a multitude of colorful fish including snapper, angelfish, grunts, parrotfish, and other schooling species. Occasional sightings of eagle rays further enhance the dive experience.
Calabas Reef is an excellent dive site year-round, benefiting from Bonaire's consistently calm conditions and superb visibility. Its shallow average depth makes it ideal for beginners, refresher dives, night dives, and extended bottom times. Freedivers will also find it highly suitable due to the accessible depths and rich marine biodiversity close to the surface, offering ample opportunities for breath-hold exploration.
