OK, enough people have written about Buddy Dive report. It certainly delivers what is promised: professional diving, easy to access house reef, and decent rooms and food (not luxury, but nice). The problem is that there is not very much fish left in Bonaire. The reefs are overall lifeless. Why? Ask the biologists, but seeing locals fishing on the house... More

I run a dive shop in Atlanta GA and every year we take a group to Buddy's and every year they just get better and better. The rooms are big, clean and confortable. The house reef can't be beat and the people are the friendliest on the island. My only complant was that they changed cooks at the bar and... More

Note: This review mostly applies to the Buddy Dive resort dive activity operation; not the hotel per se. The once beautiful full-of-life reefs of Bonaire are now about 50% destroyed apparently for a variety of reasons. From “WBD” (White Band Disease) and abnormal hurricane activity since 2005 which have done significant damage. I was last diving on Bonaire in 1984... More

Nice accomodations, nice staff. Great diving. At my age I really enjoyed the ease of diving. My wife and I loved the beach/waterfront bar and buffet! Lovely island! More

First, this review is for the dive shop, not the Hotel. We stayed next door at Coral Paradise. These guys have diving down to a science. They have been doing it for a while and really make it easy. All they require is a quick hour orientation and checkout dive and then you are off. And the checkout dive is... More

Great job Buddy Dive. You are very professional, boats were never over-filled, dive masters were friendly, rental dive equipment was in great condition. Friendly and helpfull staff. More

Buddy Dive is a nice resort (especially with Buddy Reef in its backyard), with the only entrance at the front of the property, where a security guard sits at watch during the night. Even with that, we had a BCD stolen off of our patio during the night. Unfortunately, the staff at Buddy Dive was very nonchalant about our loss... More

I loved this place. Quiet and well located. The staff and dive's crew were 100%.Save your skin from mosquitos (not a resort's fault) and don't expect easy internet conexion (it really can be great).I just will come back!! More

Arrival experience: Arrived early morning with a large group. Slow staff. Guests either need to get on “island time” or will go crazy. Room (general): 3 bedroom condo that we shared with another couple and one solo diver. Good kitchen, small bathrooms. Beds OK, linens OK. One very old, small TV in living room. Bathroom: small and shower did not... More