Bonaire, Dutch West Indies
Christmas 2001

Copyright: Jurgen Brauer, Augusta, Georgia, USA

I took my daughter, Anne, to Bonaire, about 50 miles north of Venezuela, for a week of scuba diving. Bonaire is world famous for shore diving, meaning you simply grab your scuba gear and walk into the water and swim out to the closest coral reef, usually reached within a three minutes or so. Hereunder some pictures.

Trumpet fish.

Schoolmaster fish.

Yellowtail Snapper.

Blackbar Soldierfish.

Sergeant Major.

Banded Butterflyfish.

Foureye Butterflyfish.

Redhind or Grasby.

Peacock Flounder.

Sand Diver.

Scorpionfish.

Balloonfish.

Smooth Trunkfish.

Sharpnose Pufferfish.

Juvenile Threespot Damselfish.

Queen Parrotfish (Supermale).

Stoplight Parrotfish (Female).

Secretary Blenny.

Redlip Blenny

Peppermint Goby.

French Angelfish.

French Angelfish.

Queen Angelfish.

Longsnout Seahorse.

Flamingo Tongue.

Flamingo Tongue.

Flamingo Tongue.

Spotted Drum.

Spotted Moray Eel.

Spotted Moray Eel.

Sharptail Eel.

Fireworm.

File Clam.

Barnacle.

Sea Urchin.

Longspined Sea Urchin.

Sea Anemone.

Sea Anemone.

Sea Anemone.

Sea Anemone.

Christmas Tree Tubeworm.

Christmas Tree Tubeworm.

Redbanded Cleaning Shrimp.

Redbanded Cleaning Shrimp.

Arrowhead Crab.

Arrowhead Crab.

Photographer (Anne Brauer).

Photographer (Jurgen Brauer).

Photographer (Jurgen Brauer).

Photographer (Anne Brauer).

Scubatank and Ocean.