We did a Bonfire dive on BON with Martijn of Twilight Diving - Private and Personalized Night Diving Trips in Bonaire. Good guy and a fun dive. Similar to blackwater but done from shore in 40 feet of water. Not as many critters as we've seen in offshore blackwater dives, but still a lot of larvae and much more convenient.

1 hour ago, Hilljo88 said:

We did a Bonfire dive on BON with Martijn of Twilight Diving - Private and Personalized Night Diving Trips in Bonaire. Good guy and a fun dive. Similar to blackwater but done from shore in 40 feet of water. Not as many critters as we've seen in offshore blackwater dives, but still a lot of larvae and much more convenient.

Tell us more about the logistic. Ho many lights? On the bottom?

Yes, please do tell - very interested in how people are organising this in different places.
We actually have a little thread up on the subject here: https://waterpixels.net/forums/topic/1671-bonfire-dives-light-trap-dives

cheers!

ben

To round this thread out--I've done some bonfire dives with Martijn and Mirjam, at Front Porch and Oil Slick. Basically, lights are anchored --I believe it was a set on the surface and at maybe 5m--and then we did a normal night dive for 15-20 minutes while the critters, such as the were, assembled. We never saw much in the lights, although my buddy got inked by a teeny squid; that made her night. We are huge fans of Twilight Diving Bonaire for night dives--they are both terrific spotters and guides.