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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
Bonaire

Buddy Dive Resort: "Bonaire comes through as usual", May, 2022,

by Ken Kurtis, CA, US (Sr. Contributor Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 12014.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 4 stars Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 5 stars
Snorkeling 5 stars
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 4 stars
Comments SHORT VERSION: We love diving Bonaire which is why we keep going back with regularity. And we had some really nice squid encounters.

LONG VERSION:

TRIP REPORT: [reefseekers.com link]

SMUGMUG PIX: [kenkurtis.smugmug.com link]

VIDEO: [youtu.be link]
Websites Buddy Dive Resort   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving I dive all over the world on a regular basis (please don't hate me).
Closest Airport Bonaire Getting There LAX-EWR-BON (on United) going down, BON-MIA-LAX (American) coming back

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry Seas calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp 82-83°F / 28-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 1
Water Visibility 50-90 Ft/ 15-27 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions One-hour time limit on boat dives.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish 2 stars
Large Pelagics 1 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 2 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 5 stars Shore Facilities 3 stars
UW Photo Comments If you can't find stuff you want to shoot, you should really just give up and sell your camera.
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