Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (May 30, 2007) – Caribbean WebCams, LLC announced today that it has successfully installed a new Bonaire ReefCam™ on the Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire, joining the upgraded original Bonaire ReefCam which has been in Bonaire’s waters entertaining millions of Internet viewers for nearly seven years.
The new Bonaire Pier ReefCam resides in a protected area under the pier at Bonaire’s Eden Beach Resort in only about 1.6m/5 feet of water, while the original ReefCam has been remounted and upgraded and now shows views across the hull of the Bakanal, a sunken yacht located at approximately 19m/60 feet of depth. As such, the original ReefCam has been re-christened the Bonaire Wreck ReefCam.
Additionally, the three land-based Bonaire WebCams located at the Eden Beach Resort have also been upgraded and re-cabled to provide long-term use and viewing pleasure, and join three other land-based WebCams on Bonaire: the DonkeyCam, the WindsurfCam and the DowntownCam.
“With eight live WebCams on Bonaire running day in and day out, we figure Bonaire has the highest per capita public WebCam ratio of any island in the Caribbean, if not the world. And Bonaire also has the only long-term permanent open ocean ReefCam installations anywhere. Tens of thousands of people view our WebCams from all over and we regularly get e-mails and thanks from people who discovered the snorkelling and diving paradise of Bonaire via our WebCams and now vacation here regularly,” said Jake Richter, a Bonaire resident and chief operating officer and chief diver of Caribbean WebCams LLC, owner of the Bonaire WebCams website and a majority of the WebCams on display.
The Bonaire WebCams can be viewed at any time (although at night, Bonaire time, some will be dark) at BonaireWebCams.com, with images being captured every minute off each camera. The site also offers memberships to people who would like to peruse the archives of all image captures – archives which go back as far as December 2000. The searchable WebCams archives allow Bonaire visitors to the cameras to look up images of themselves on the WebCams, meaning that vacationers to the island of Bonaire, the Caribbean diving and snorkelling capital, who pose for the ReefCams underwater or for the topside WebCams, for example, can look up the images captured of them upon their return from vacation. Memberships are free for limited archive access and as low as US$4.95 for a one-week membership or US$24.95 for an annual membership.
The Bonaire WebCams are so popular among the growing list of Bonaire fans that daily discussions about what has appeared on the Bonaire WebCams are held on the popular BonaireTalk website in a section dedicated to the Bonaire WebCams.
For more information on Caribbean WebCams, LLC, owner and operator of the Bonaire WebCams and the award-winning Bonaire ReefCam, call (703) 783-8370 or e-mail info@CaribbeanWebCams.com.
Located 86 miles east of Aruba, the Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire offers year-round sunshine, low annual rainfall, pristine coral formations and the most thriving fish population in the Caribbean. Ideal for adventurers, explorers and sun worshippers alike, Bonaire offers myriad eco-adventure activities, including world-renowned scuba diving, snorkelling, windsurfing, kiteboarding, landsailing, mountain biking, sea and mangrove kayaking, horseback riding, nature tours, hiking, birdwatching, sailing and deep-sea and bonefishing. And with a selection of accommodations ranging from full-service oceanfront resorts and condominiums to guest houses and small inns, Bonaire has something for every lifestyle and budget.
For your FREE on-line Bonaire travel guide, visit www.caribbean.com.
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