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Buddy Dive Resort: "Loved Shore Diving! Great stay overall.", Apr, 2018, by Kate, CO, US ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 10477.
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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
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Comments	My husband and I spent a week at Buddy Dive. We opted for the shore dive only drive and dive package. It included a one-bedroom unit and a pick-up truck, unlimited tanks for shore diving, plus breakfast. Everything worked well. The breakfast was pretty good but we weren't terribly impressed by lunch or dinner, so we ate in our condo for most of those meals. First, I would like to thank those who reviews this place before we decided to go. I had concerns about the quality of the diving facilities such as the lockers down by the dock and the boat dives. I decided that we could just carry our gear back and forth each day since we had a unit very close to the dock. We just used a rolling mesh bag to haul it if we were doing in-house shore dives. We also decided not to try any boat dives. The shore dives were so great that I didn't feel like we missed anything by not doing boat dives. All and all we really loved the independence of shore dives. We got up early and were usually the first ones at some of the more popular spots. We were able to finish two morning dives before most people arrived. We did some afternoon and night dives from the house reef. There was plenty to see there and it was super-easy. Our favorite shore-dive sites were Hilma Hooker, 1000 Steps, Angel City, and Bachelor's Beach. One of our favorite dives overall was watching a blue tang feeding frenzy on the house reef during a twilight dive. We missed the Salt Pier as there was always a ship there or arriving every time we tried to go there. The facility could do with some updating. The rinse tanks were usually a bit dirty. The drive-though tank pickup always had plenty of Nitrox tanks and we didn't have any tank-related issues. I was a little bit concerned in how easy our door could just pop open even if it were locked. We didn't have any issues with theft though, so that was fortunate. Our rental truck worked just fine. We loved the hooks on the porch to use to hang up wet gear. The staff was polite and helpful. I would stay here again but might look into other options as well.
Websites	Buddy Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, St. Lucia, Cabo, Hawaii, Bahamas, Fiji
Closest Airport	BON	Getting There	Flight on United DEN to BON with stop in IAH Return flight on Delta BON to DEN with stop in ATL
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Required Marine Park tag, check-out dive, no gloves, no touching anything on the reef.
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	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The resort had a variety of rental equipment and classes in underwater photography. They let us borrow a charge cable for our Sealife when we realized we left ours at home. Very helpful! Visibility is excellent in Bonaire. There are also some unique photo opportunities such as fluorescent corals. We used our fluro kit and got some neat photos on a night dive.

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in Bonaire

Buddy Dive Resort: "Loved Shore Diving! Great stay overall.", Apr, 2018,

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
Bonaire