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Buddy Dive Resort, Nov, 2006, by Tom Thompson, IL, USA . Report 3194.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	We booked through a Dive Travel agent who was very helpful. My wife accompanied me (less experienced as a diver with 30 dives) and my 80 year old father-in-law came along. He did great and we had a great time with good support from the Buddy Dive Shop and crew. One of their instructors helped all of us drop a lot of weight which made our diving a lot more enjoyable and neutral buoyancy achievable. The boat captains and divemasters were great and were safety conscious. The staff at the front desk were not helpful or attentive. They were mostly a young group who seemed more interested in socializing than in helping customers. We found the trucks and dive through dive shop to be great and it made shore diving enjoyable. I'd reccommend Buddy's for newer divers and for people who want to take it easy, enjoy the dives, see lots of marine life (but not many large animals/fish. We did see quite a few eels, sea snakes and large schools of various fish: durgon, parrot fish, snappers, etc.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	San Diego, California; Freeport, Grand Bahama; Keys in Florida; lakes and quarries in Illinois
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Return to surface with 500 PSI; we did some shore diving where we did dive our own profiles but not from the boat trips.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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	There were special tanks on shore and on the boat. Conditions were good for lots of shots. Hired a videographer who did an excellent video of a shore dive with my 80 year old father-in-law on the dive with us.

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in Bonaire

Buddy Dive Resort, Nov, 2006,

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
Bonaire