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Buddy Dive Resort

$1018 USD / 7 nights

PADI 5 Star Certified

Nitrox $

WIFI Available

Star Rating

Buddy Dive Resort is complete with eleven modern buildings that include spacious one, two and three-bedroom apartments, a full-service dive center, and activity desk. The resort also features two swimming pools, a restaurant, pool bar, vehicle rentals and the famous drive-thru air and Nitrox fill station. Buddy’s was built with active people in mind and the resort knows exactly what is needed to make guests comfortable both during their busy day of diving and exploring, and afterwards.

Buddy Dive Resort WEATHER

Accommodations include fully equipped kitchens including microwaves, stoves and refrigerators, living areas with cable TV and phone, safe deposit boxes, air-conditioned bedrooms with twin, queen or king beds, and private balconies or patios. Laundry service is also available. Each apartment has stunning views of either the ocean or lush tropical gardens. Guests can also lounge in in the shaded and flower covered gazebos. All units are steps away from one of the two swimming pools and casual thatched-roof seaside pool bar.

Buddy Dive is both a DAN Member and PADI 5 Star Gold Palm Resort and Universal Referral Center. The Universal Referral designation allows Buddy Dive instructors to offer Open Water completion courses to students from SSI and NAUI as well as a host of other training organizations. In fact, Buddy's offers every level of instruction imaginable, conducted in several languages. In addition to all the standard PADI specialties, they also offer divers the chance to become an EAN-certified diver, or try out a rebreather.

As a full-service dive center, Buddy Dive Resort also has a complete inventory of rental gear available. Guests who chose to purchase equipment instead of rent it will enjoy shopping at the well-stocked retail shop. The on-property shop carries a wide range of dive and snorkel gear and accessories, as well as t-shirts, sandals, caps, dive lights, film and souvenirs galore.

Dive Conditions

Bonaire is an ideal destination for underwater photographers. Water temperatures average a warm 78-84°F (25.6-28.9°C), with visibility averaging over 100 feet (30m), and occasionally reaching up to 150 feet (50m). Water temperatures do vary widely by season and location.

Scuba diving in Bonaire means three things: easy shore diving, low cost, and a strong diving infrastructure. It has over 60 dive sites all easily accessible by shore. Divers can see colorful large sponges and sea fans while diving Bonaire, as well as explore quite a few shipwrecks, and encounter various marine life like turtles, barracudas and groupers. Angelfish, butterflyfish, seahorses, crabs, and shrimps can also be seen. Often referred to as the shore diving capital of the world, the dive sites in Bonaire are clearly marked and easily identifiable. The reef is only a short swim from shore and in pristine condition due to many decades of protection. Driving from one dive site to the next is a breeze with one main road running the length of the island.

Bonaire diving conditions are usually good year-round. Although Bonaire has a reputation for having great weather all year, the hurricane season is between June and November. And technically below the hurricane belt, the island has had its share of odd storms and received significant damage in 2008 from Hurricane Omar. Some drivers have said that some shallow reefs sustained damage from that Hurricane, but not the deeper reef areas.

Water Temperatures range from 80 to 86 F (27 to 30 C). The warmest water is in August / September. Visibility averages 40-100 feet (12-30M) but occasionally drops down to less. It can easily be over 100ft (30m) at Klein Bonaire.