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Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

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  5.1 out of 6
total of 33 Ratings
6 Stars
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Rudger

Travelled in: August 2024, Rated on 14.09.2024, Booked with Diving World
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Excellent 5* PADI diving school with a lot of knowledge in many areas. We got a very interesting lecture about the Boxgelly's (Cube jellyfish) which are currently visible after the full moon a few days a month after sunset. DO NOT go night diving or swimming during those days because your skin does not want to come in contact with those, very painful. We were able to catch several, watch them and put them back.

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Freddy

Travelled in: May 2024, Rated on 07.06.2024, Booked with Diving World
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Michael

Travelled in: April 2024, Rated on 03.05.2024, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Helene

Travelled in: April 2024, Rated on 02.05.2024, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Christel

Travelled in: April 2024, Rated on 02.05.2024, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Daily

Travelled in: February 2024, Rated on 08.03.2024, Booked with Diving World
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Peter und Irene

Travelled in: December 2023, Rated on 25.01.2024, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Yves

Travelled in: October 2023, Rated on 20.11.2023, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Norbert

Travelled in: September 2023, Rated on 12.10.2023, Booked with Action-Sport
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Everything for divers is available. Autonomous diving at the marked sites is convenient.


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Hugo

Travelled in: May 2023, Rated on 02.07.2023, Booked with Diving World
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Rolf

Travelled in: June 2023, Rated on 26.06.2023, Booked with Dive & Travel
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No evaluation possible for boats and dive guides, as not used.

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Denise, Felix und Micaela

Travelled in: April 2023, Rated on 27.04.2023, Booked with WeDive
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We really enjoyed the booked valet boat dives. The boat dives always took place at fascinating dive sites. The guides were always very friendly, attentive and helpful. Thanks to the whole team.

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Vielen Dank für die gute Bewertung und Ihre Zeit für einen persönlichen Kommentar.
Wir schätzen Ihr Feedback sehr.
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Taco

Travelled in: February 2023, Rated on 03.03.2023, Booked with Diving World
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There is always plenty of well-filled Nitrox cylinders (32-34%) available. INT connections only, so bring DIN-INT adapter if necessary. Lockers to store diving equipment suffice, but too bad there are no crates available to store your diving equipment (so inconvenient to have to do that in a net or bag). Nitrox stickers on the cylinders and paint on the lead blocks flake on all sides and thus end up in the sea! Staff dive center and filling station is rather uninterested and surly. A good morning is actually too much to ask.

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Rene

Travelled in: November 2022, Rated on 06.12.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Beautiful dive sites on Bonaire. We are independent divers so did not have much contact with the dive center

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Bart

Travelled in: July 2022, Rated on 25.07.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Like to have more freedom. For me, a guide should only give a good briefing with good arrangements.

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Chris

Travelled in: June 2022, Rated on 01.07.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Caelan

Travelled in: October 2021, Rated on 06.06.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Ronald

Travelled in: May 2022, Rated on 29.05.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Kay-Dominique und Karl-Heinz

Travelled in: April 2022, Rated on 08.05.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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Bea

Travelled in: April 2022, Rated on 02.05.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Beautiful house reef with easy access from a jetty. I only made shore dives with a car. Drive-thrue at Buddy is ideal for this. Bottles can be changed directly on the car. Material can be rinsed from the car and stored in a locker. When you go diving with the car materials are picked up and on the way, without too much lugging. If you want to make a dive on the house reef, it is a bit further to walk with your equipment from the drive-thrue, but you can get your bottle at the jetty, so if you just put on and hang up your equipment, this is not a big deal. If you dive mostly by boat, or on the house reef, you get a locker at the riser, so you have everything there to hand. Nitrox available. 15L bottles limited availability.

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Maria

Travelled in: February 2022, Rated on 05.04.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Safety high on the list. But also guarding the coral, don't touch anything, if you can't trim, no camera. Heart for the business.

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Jan

Travelled in: February 2022, Rated on 05.04.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Gerrit

Travelled in: March 2022, Rated on 05.04.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Evina

Travelled in: January 2022, Rated on 04.04.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Well organized dive center, with unfortunately INT taps on the bottles. It would be more desirable if they were DIN valves. We were unable to use 2 times a tank because of a leaking DIN adapter. Great, but not great dive guides, and unfortunately during a boat dive we also visited a dive site that is also accessible from land. The boats themselves were perfect, and because of the 5 different sizes of boats it was never very full on the boat. The service was good, but not outstanding: the staff was not really involved with the guests.

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Peter

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 31.03.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Well-oiled team!

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Jos

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 30.03.2022, Booked with Diving World
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We only used the bottle service, which was fine. And when we had a problem with our own equipment, they really helped us at the dive center!

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Nico

Travelled in: September 2021, Rated on 25.03.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Annemiek

Travelled in: August 2021, Rated on 24.03.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Maaike

Travelled in: September 2021, Rated on 26.11.2021, Booked with Diving World
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Karin, Alois und Josef

Travelled in: October 2021, Rated on 15.11.2021, Booked with WeDive
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DiveAroundTheWorld

Travelled in: December 2020, Rated on 23.12.2020, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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Lack of motivation on the staff, partly very snooty guides. Leaky tanks at the valve and often insufficiently filled.
Relaxed diving in beautiful coral gardens. Unfortunately few bigger fish as fishing is allowed in the marine park for which a fee is charged.

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Ralf Münzenmayer

Travelled in: September 2020, Rated on 25.09.2020, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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As we have dived independently from land we cannot really evaluate the dive guides and the boats. (But the communication with the guides and land about dive sites and the visual impression of the dive boats was good). The dive site directly at the base is great for acclimatisation and night dives. Otherwise, many excellent dive sites are accessible by car and the rental cars provided by Buddy Dive Center are great for diving activities.

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Arnulf

Travelled in: February 2020, Rated on 03.03.2020, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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