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Buddy Dive, Jul, 2002, by Fiona Rattray, ON, Canada . Report 78.
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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	The staff at Buddy Dive and Resort were helpful and friendly. Thanks Heleen! Good selection of gear and true 24/7 diving available. Great variety of non-dive activities offered through the dive shop: mangrove snorkel, kayaking, bicycling. We did only shore diving, and used the drive-through fill station. All fills were 3100# except one at 2800#. We left the windows down on our Toyota Hilux, and always returned to find our clothes, mini-first aid kit, coffe mugs, water, shoes just as we had left them, no matter what time of day or location we dived at. Saw turtles, wahoo, tarpon, lots of baitfish, stingray, octopus, plus the usual tropical suspects in abundance. I expected to notice more damage from Lenny than I did. Took a resort rebreather course from Walt at Rec Teck Scuba -thanks Walt. It was great - fish came right up to you since there are minimal bubbles from the semi-closed rebreather. We ate at a lot of good restaurants - the restaurant association now publishes a guide to restaurant hours and locations which is helpful. Minimal mosquitos at this time of year. Flew American from Toronto to Miami, Dutch Carribean (formerly ALM) from Miami to Bonaire; minimal airport transfer hassles and our luggage arrived with us. This was a nice relaxing dive vacation.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Curacao, Roatan, St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River, Nassau, Florida, Turks and Caicos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, surge, noCurrents
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Computer
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive in Bonaire

Buddy Dive, Jul, 2002,

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Dive Review of Buddy Dive in
Bonaire