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Buddy Dive Resort, Oct, 2013, by D. S. Davis, CA, US ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 7333.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Although this was my first visit to Buddy Dive Resort, I have made several trips to Bonaire over the last 20 years. Buddy is the best operation that I have encountered during that period, and I will definitely stay with them during my next visit. The dive operation is well-run, although there is, in my opinion, one aspect that could be improved. Instead of pre-assigning divers to specific dive boats, they use a first-come-first-served sign-up board. While this does, in principle, allow divers a great deal of flexibility in choosing their schedules, in practice it doesn't always work fairly. For instance, during my stay, there was a large group of divers who had a non-diving proxy simply sign them up for almost all available slots as soon as they became available (including multiple boats departing at the same time), leaving few if any options for other divers. Then, just prior to the boats' departures, some members of that large group would cancel, leaving everyone else to scramble at the last minute for spots on the boats. A more equitable process for allocating the boat spaces would have been most welcome. In all other respects, I rate Buddy's dive operations as first-rate. Bonaire's reefs have recovered quite a bit from the damage that they sustained almost a decade ago. There is a good variety of typical Caribbean reef fish and invertebrates. There are particularly robust populations of green morays, turtles and tarpons.
Websites	Buddy Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	California, Mexico, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Caymans, Belize, Honduras, Bonaire, Saba, St. Lucia, Chuuk, Palau, Fiji, Indonesia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	84-84°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-90 Ft/ 12-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Bonaire Underwater Park regulations
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in Bonaire

Buddy Dive Resort, Oct, 2013,

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
Bonaire