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Buddy Dive Resort: "Meh!", Oct, 2018, by timothy g warner, IL, US ( Contributor 12 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 10752 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Large operation with decent accommodations. On site restaurant does a nice job. Vehicle quality was rough. Although there seem to be better trucks for others. Not sure how that works. They would not replace friends UNSAFE truck. Availability of boats is directly related to sign up board and how many private charters are going on. Lockers are adequate for one but may be tight for two. There was one dive master for the whole boat. Which was 12-14 divers. However, the conditions were completely calm. Some hard corals were thriving, some were not. Soft corals seemed sparse. Some sights are better that others. But overall, it is similar to the conditions elsewhere in the Caribbean. I would try Captain Dons next door for accommodations and food. I ate at both resorts and the operation seems better at Captain Dons.
Websites	Buddy Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Truk Lagoon, Maldives, Egypt, Jamaica, Cozumel, Turks, Costa Rica, Grand Cayman, Cocos, Galapagos, Raja Ampat, Bonaire, Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There	If you don't have a direct from the states on "certain" days you have to connect through Curacao or Aruba.
Dive Conditions
Weather	dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-150 Ft/ 23-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Common sense and fear of death.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	Little in the way of a camera table. Maybe the chartered boats had better facilities.

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in Bonaire

Buddy Dive Resort: "Meh!", Oct, 2018,

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
Bonaire