Buddy Dive Tek

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Description

Buddy Dive TeK opened its doors in 2007, with the mission to provide quality technical support and training to its customers and guests at Buddy Dive and on Bonaire. Over the past years, Buddy Dive TeK has grown into the largest technical diving facility in the Caribbean.

The Buddy Dive TeK team represents a wealth of technical knowledge and certifications from GUE and PADI. With a fully operational tec support service; extensive equipment rental and technical training up to instructor level, including sidemount & trimix. Buddy Dive TeK offers everything needed.

The non-stop spirit of adventure and curiosity of the enthusiastic diving community worldwide keeps pushing the dive industry forward. It is our pleasure to ensure that we at Buddy Dive provide the latest in Technical Diving in a safe and friendly environment.

CCR FRIENDLY

Buddy Dive Tek is a 100% rebreather friendly facility. Our facility has a large stock of different size rebreather cylinders, different types of CO2 absorbent available and provide a state-of-the-art filling station with 2 booster pumps capable of reaching high pressure fills of Oxygen and TRIMIX. Our 100% Rebreather friendly facility also comes with staff trained in different CCR units like the JJ CCR, the X-CCR and the O2ptima CCR. All of this is always in stock!

OPEN CIRCUIT

Diving doubles or Sidemount? No problem, we can provide the necessary equipment for these styles of diving; backplates with harness, Wings, regs, spools, DSMB’s, and more.

DIVING WITH A DPV

Would you like to see a lot of underwater territory in a brief amount of time? Scoot yourself through the water without kicking with a Diver Propulsion Vehicle. Whether making a shore dive or diving from a boat, DPV’s offer a thrilling way to see more and have a blast doing it. DPV’s especially come in handy while wreck diving, as they let you tour more of the wreck and reduce your air consumption.

BLENDING STATION

Our blending station is located at the Buddy Dive Drive Thru. Here we can fill our tec diving tanks and prepare custom blends at the desire of our guests. Our technical diving staff is qualified as gas and TRIMIX blenders from PADI, thus keeping the safety standards at the highest possible level. We can deliver all types of O2 and TRIMIX blends you ask for, as well as standard GUE gases; 21/35 – 18/45 – 15/55.

EQUIPMENT RENTAL

At Buddy Dive Tek we offer a large variety of technical diving equipment for rent. From various cylinders for diving sidemount, doubles and rebreather to regulators, rigs & DPV’s.

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Locations

Caribbean

FAQs

If I buy a dive package, what day can I start diving?

That depends on what time of day your flight arrives. The Bonaire Marine Park regulations require you to participate in an orientation program before you enter the water for your first dive. At Buddy Dive, this orientation is held each day at 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. So if your flight arrives in time for you to participate in either orientation, you can begin diving the day you arrive, and this would count as the first diving day of your diving package. Dive Packages are calculated on consecutive calendar days, and not on “24 hour” clock days. In the vast majority of cases, divers arriving on afternoon flights attend orientation at 9:00 a.m. the following morning.
What are your boat departure times?

We offer daily boat dives departing from the Buddy Dive dock. There is a daily 2-tank boat dive at 8.10 am and a daily 2.15 pm 1-tank boat dive (except for Saturday). The schedule can be adjusted to the demand. Extra boats and departure times can be added. Guided night and shore dives are available daily (on request). Signing up in advance is a must.
Do I need to wear a wetsuuit?

This is probably the most frequently asked question, but the most difficult to answer, since everyone reacts to temperature differently. As a rule of thumb, you should expect the water temperature in the winter months to be between 79 – 81F degrees (±26 – 27 Cᵒ). Most people will find that they are most comfortable in a 3mm wet suit, or perhaps a 2mm for the warm-blooded. The summer and fall can see temperatures approaching 82 – 85F degrees (±28 – 29 Cᵒ). During this period, most people can wear shorties, 2mm wet suits, or dive skins comfortably.
Where is Buddy Dive loacated on the island?

We are 8 km/5M north of the airport and about 3 km/2M north of the capital town of Kralendijk.
Is there Internet Access available to the guests?

You can use our open WI-FI services in select locations on the resort.
Where is Bonaire anyway?

Bonaire is located with neighboring islands Aruba & Curacao approximately 50 miles north of the coast of Venezuela in the southern Caribbean outside the hurricane belt.