need to reserve water taxi to Klein Bonaire?

Hi! We are going next Wednesday (3/28, but leave for cruise this Sat) to Bonaire and 3 of us would like to take a water taxi over and do the drift snorkel. Our port time is 8-4. We were wondering if we had to reserve a water taxi in advance or just show up? Good return, a company mentioned here a bit, is no longer in business. We were wondering what time to reserve for, if we needed to reserve, and how long it should take. Do you schedule a return time also? Do they pick you at beach after or from water? Would you recommend fins or not? Also, does anyone know if Bonaire is same time (zone and daylight savings) as Florida (ship time will be Florida time)? Thanks!

Crewsin with fam

Carnival Conquest x 3, Breeze, Freedom, Legend

I can answer your last question. Bonaire is always on Atlantic Standard Time. Right now Florida is on Eastern Daylight Savings Time. This means the time in both locations is the same. (During the winter when Florida is on Eastern Standard Time Bonaire is an hour ahead of Florida.)

Most of the Caribbean islands are on Atlantic Standard Time year-round.

Thank you!

Crewsing with fam

Hi! We are going next Wednesday (3/28, but leave for cruise this Sat) to Bonaire and 3 of us would like to take a water taxi over and do the drift snorkel. Our port time is 8-4. We were wondering if we had to reserve a water taxi in advance or just show up? Good return, a company mentioned here a bit, is no longer in business. We were wondering what time to reserve for, if we needed to reserve, and how long it should take. Do you schedule a return time also? Do they pick you at beach after or from water? Would you recommend fins or not? Also, does anyone know if Bonaire is same time (zone and daylight savings) as Florida (ship time will be Florida time)? Thanks!

 

Crewsin with fam

Carnival Conquest x 3, Breeze, Freedom, Legend

Plenty of water taxis by the pier to take you to Klein Bonaire, so no reservation necessary. It takes 20 minutes to get to the island and on ship days water taxi comes back every hour to take you back to main island. They pick you right at the beach from water. Fins would be helpful, but not necessary. I would strongly recommend life jacket if you're not a strong swimmer , because when you get behind the reef you can't get out from the water till you get to the beach where reef ends. It's about half a mile. Island time and ship time will be the same, so don't worry about time zones.