Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
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Buddy Dive Resort: "Pretty Good Caribbean Diving", Apr, 2023, by David Marchese, PA, US ( Sr. Contributor 20 reports with 29 Helpful votes). Report 12449.
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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	This was our first trip to Bonaire. I've avoided it up until now mainly because we are spoiled liveaboard divers and didn't want to deal with lugging all our equipment (including my full size DSLR rig) from our rental truck to the water. We bought a package that included our room, three 2-tank boat dives, a pickup truck, unlimited shore dives, unlimited nitrox, and breakfast. The resort is clean but basic. By lu ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Buddy Dive Resort [same]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Turks & Caicos, Bay Islands, Bahamas, Fiji, Saba, Maldives, California, Revillagigedo, Cozumel, Midway, Kona, Galapagos, Panama, Palau, Tahiti, Cocos, Malpelo, Tonga, PNG, Komodo, Sulawesi, Holbox, Solomon Islands, Belize, Komodo, Raja Ampat, Wakitobi, Alor, Marquesas, GBR
Closest Airport	BON	Getting There	Nonstop from Newark (EWR)
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Lots of restrictions for boat dives; none for shore dives
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Shore diving was difficult with a full DSLR rig. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in Bonaire

Buddy Dive Resort: "Pretty Good Caribbean Diving", Apr, 2023,

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
Bonaire