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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
Bonaire/Bonmaire

Buddy Dive Resort: "Bonaire always fun, resort great, diving getting tired", Mar, 2019,

by Rick Bates, ON, CA (Contributor Contributor 18 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 11117.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 3 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving 4 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 3 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments Third visit to Bonaire, first stay at Buddy's. We were a group of 8 divers, and Buddy Dive provided us a dedicated boat and DM for the week of our stay which was fantastic.
The reef diving is getting a bit tired here, still no big fish or sharks, all the dive sites are starting to feel the same. Not to say the diving was bad, it was great, just a bit boring.
Rooms at Buddy were fine. Kitchens and bathrooms look recently renovated. As with most rental trucks in Bonaire, they were in pretty crappy shape. It took three tries for them to find me one with a tail gate that would work.
Lots of good shore diving, finally got to dive the salt pier which lived up to its hype. Our week long quest to photo a sea horse was rewarded on our last dive of the week.
Websites Buddy Dive Resort   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Indonesia (Wakatobi), Papua New Guinea, Australia (Melborne/Sydney/GBR), Fiji, Florida, Bahamas, Curaçao, Roatan, Bonaire, St. Maarten, Belize, Turks & Caicos, Cozumel, Great Lakes, St Lawrence River, North Carolina, Tobermory, British Columbia, San Juan Islands WA, Gulf Islands BC, Nova Scotia
Closest Airport Kralendijk Getting There Direct flight from Toronto

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy Seas calm, choppy
Water Temp 78-80°F / 26-27°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions 500 psi or 60 mins when boat diving
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 2 stars
Small Critters 2 stars Large Fish 1 stars
Large Pelagics 1 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 4 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 3 stars Shore Facilities 3 stars
UW Photo Comments My hi-res video compilation:
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