2025 Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire: February 22 - March 1
A perennial favorite, the island of Bonaire offers unparalleled freedom for Caribbean destinations as many of the island's best dives are accessible from shore. This makes Bonaire an ideal location for divers who don't want to boat dive on every dive and new divers looking for friendly dives in clear waters with vibrant reefs. Don't let accessibility lull you into thinking that Bonaire doesn't offer something for experienced divers, as Bonaire is a deep diver's paradise with opportunitites will beyond recreational depths. Kreig Pinkham and Jeannine Russell are returning as dive leaders for this year's stay aat Buddy Dive Resort, they know enough about the island to offer great support for all your explorations be they on the resort's deservedly famous house-reef or the wreck of the Hilma Hooker, to an out of the way local eatery, or to the Cadushy distillery for a taste of Bonaire's unique spirit distilled from cactus.
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Shore diving lovers! Join us on our trip to Bonaire through Buddy Dive, dive resort!
This February join Waterfront Diving Center instructor Kreig Pinkham and Jen Russell on the
diver’s paradise that is the island of Bonaire. Bonaire’s star attraction is a fringing reef on the
Caribbean Sea that offers more 60 shore accessible dive sites. We’ll be staying at Buddy Dive
Resort and a truck rental is part of the package, but with accommodations literally minutes away
from one of the world’s most popular house reefs your toughest decision of the day may be do
you enjoy a second cup of coffee and roll off the dock – or leave a little earlier to dive a more
remote spot.
Bonaire is consistently rated by dive magazines as one of the most accessible dive destinations,
offering all the Caribbean has to offer: clear, warm water, healthy corals and abundant fish life
with dive sites that are diligently protected as part of a marine preserve system. Bonaire also
offers diving for the more adventurous with trips to the Atlantic side of the island and bigger
animals as well as full technical offerings. Whether you’re looking to stretch your dive muscles
– or looking for a trip that will help you build experience now that you have your open water
certification, Bonaire has it all.
Add to that Kreig and Jen’s signature ability to find unique opportunities – finding a perfect
cultural opportunity on down days, stumbling into a little-known local distillery or simply
finding that perfect way to end the trip; satisfying adventure from the moment we land is a
certainty.
The trip includes airfare from Burlington, accommodations at Buddy Dive resort in quad
apartments with two separate bedrooms, truck rentals for each quad apartment, breakfasts, 6
boat dives and unlimited shore diving with Buddy Dive’s signature drive through tank fill
stations.
The vacation is accessible for non-divers, with plenty of snorkel options and numerous island
activities including kite surfing, mountain biking, hiking, kayaking and simply exploring the
Dutch influenced cities on the island.
Price per person/diver, quad occupancy, in a 2 bedroom/two bath condo is $2795.00 including
airfare from Burlington, 6 two-tank boat dives and unlimited shore diving, complementary nitrox, truck rental for each apartment group, and breakfasts daily. The non-diver rate is $2,375.
A non refundable deposit of $1000.00 is due by November 15 to hold your space. The
balance is due by December 20, 2024.
