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Buddy Dive Resort, Aug, 2011, by Daniel S Camara, MD, NY, US ( 1 report). Report 6174.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	This was my third and last visit to Buddy Dive Resort.Although the 2 bed room apt was recently renovated the toilets did not flush properly and needed 2 maintenance repair visits. I had to kill at least 3 large cockroaches in the apartment and the building grounds was swarming with these creatures every night. In one of the dives during a Dive briefing I try to get a cup of water and was rudely admonish by the dive instructor , a military "want to be" by the name of JOB, to sit down imediately . As I returned to the resort,to my surprise,I was called in to the office of the Dive manager (Augusto)and told that I was displaying a disruptive behavior and I may have my diving privileges suspended. This whole incident is reminiscent of a scene during a flight from the movie "Anger Management" with Jack Nicholson. I protested this event with the manager the resort (Michele)with no results. I am a 62 years old Physician with 490 logged dives and have never reprimanded during a diving vacation. There are excellent Dive instructors at this resort such as Franchesca, Irene, Martin, Scott and Murphy to mention a few . However the military and inappropriate style of the one I mentioned above and the treats form the dive manager took away my fondness for the resort.I will never return. I would suggest the readers to consider Harbor Village, the Plaza or Habitat. I also recommend highly the Paris Bistro for Dinner.
Websites	Buddy Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Little Cayman, Grand Cayman, Belize, Fiji, Noronha Brazil, Bonaire
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Small water container for camera equipment . Boats were small and extremely crowded particular one called Bayetta. No room at all and this was the main boat for the non group divers for several days (8:30 and 10:30 Dives)

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in Bonaire

Buddy Dive Resort, Aug, 2011,

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive Resort in
Bonaire