Tori's Reef
12.0702°N 68.2805°W · reef
Tori’s Reef
A southern Bonaire fringing reef between Pink Beach and English Garden — easy conditions with a gradual slope and the healthy soft coral and sea fan cover typical of the southwest coast.
Overview
Tori’s Reef is a southern Bonaire shore site on the southwest coast, between Pink Beach to the north and English Garden to the south. The site offers the calm, gradual reef diving that defines Bonaire’s leeward coast, with a soft coral and sea fan community on the slope and the easy conditions suitable for beginners and family divers.
Site Information
- Location: Southwest Bonaire, between Pink Beach and English Garden
- Entry Type: Shore entry
- Site Type: Reef
- Difficulty Level: Beginner
- Maximum Depth: 30 meters
- Typical Visibility: 15–25 metres
- Current: Light to moderate
- Best Time: Morning to early afternoon
Marine Life
Parrotfish, angelfish, grunts, and snapper on the reef slope. Sea fans and soft corals provide shelter for smaller reef fish. Turtles seen along the coast. Moray eels in reef crevices.
Dive Profile
Shore entry and gradual reef slope to 30 metres. Most productive at 8–22 metres.
Entry and Exit
Shore entry from the marked point. Exit at the same location.
Tips
- Good pairing with Pink Beach just to the north on the same day
Safety
Easy conditions. Standard precautions. Light-to-moderate current possible in the afternoon.
Photography
The soft coral and sea fan community makes good close-up photography subjects.
Nearby Sites
Pink Beach is to the north. English Garden is to the south. Alice in Wonderland is accessible further north.
Sources: InfoBonaire Dive Site Map, Divers-Guide, Bonaireisland.com. Last updated 2026-05-24.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
1402 verified species observations (187 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1930 and 2019, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Eretmochelys imbricata · Hawksbill sea turtle
- Chelonia mydas · Green sea turtle
- Caretta caretta · Loggerhead sea turtle
- Pterois · lionfish
- Scarus taeniopterus
- Gobiidae
- Varicus decorum
- Scarus vetula
- Hemanthias leptus
- Paroncheilus affinis
- Lipogramma evides
- Sparisoma viride
Scientific survey records skew toward sampled taxa (molluscs, corals) and do not reflect what you are guaranteed to see on a dive.
Source: OBIS (obis.org), aggregated Darwin Core occurrence records.
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