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Buddy Dive/Belmar Apartments, Jan, 2006, by Irv Kaplan, NV, USA . Report 2319.
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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	This is my 4th time to Bonaire, but first time at the Belmar apartments. Previously, the only time we've been bothered by bugs was eating dinner at Richards (still good food, but expensive). We had 2 2-bedroom apartments on the first floor and all eight of us got badly bitten, by no-seeums, and we believe by spiders. Bug spray did little to releave the problem. Friends of mine, who arrived at the Belmar the day we left, had a second story apartment and had no problems with bug bites. If it wasn't for the bugs, our accomodations were very nice (AC in bedrooms only). I would recommend that they find a different place for their refigerator, since it pretty much blocked the hallway. I was disappointed in the diving. Previousily we were there during Spring/Summer seasons, when visibility was in the 100' plus range. In January we experienced the raining season, so seas were up and visibility was down. We saw one turtle off the Belmar, no lobsters or crabs. We finally saw the house octopus out hunting, and we did get see a large Green Moray free swimming in the water column over the top of the reef. No problems with crime, but then there really weren't many tourists to attract the thieves. Food is still expensive and the diving is easy. I will return, back not in January.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Through out the Carribean, Tahiti and Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	35-75 Ft/ 11-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
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	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	The DMs were very accomodating about giving us our cameras once we entered the water and taking thame when we were exiting. No camera table, just a dunk bucket.

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive/Belmar Apartments in Bonaire

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive/Belmar Apartments in
Bonaire