Buddy Resort and Buddy Dive Center

Cozy, comfortable and friendly are just a few of the words that perfectly describe Buddy Dive Resort. Just 3 miles north of the airport and 2 miles north of downtown.

Buddy Resort offers a barefoot-casual atmosphere, a very personable staff, two pools, waterfront restaurant and beach bar, activity center and a very professional dive center. Buddy Rangers marine-oriented Kids Club available for kids age 5-12 at $50/day or $200/week.

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Buddy Resort really makes your dive vacation a lot of fun, with special activities every day… join the daily happy hour, learn all about fish and fish behavior during our Sunday evening Creature Feature presentation, catch the rum party and the BBQ buffet on Friday evenings and sing along with “Moogie”, and much much more.

Have a non-diver in your party? Non-divers may substitute a 6 day activity package for diving. Possible activities include mountain biking, mangrove kayaking, cave exploration, mangrove snorkeling, a boat snorkel trip to Klein Bonaire, island tours, ocean kayaking, and more. This is an excellent value for the active non-diver!

Buddy Dive is a very professional, full-service PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center, DAN Member as well Universal Referral Center. The resort and staff are very friendly and offer personalized service, they offer boat divers several departures daily and the ultimate in convenience and ease for shore diving expeditions with their unique Drive-Through Fill Station!

Buddy Resort features modern, spacious buildings with one, two and three bedroom apartments, all with fully-equipped kitchenettes and a private patio or balcony. The bedrooms are air-conditioned; living areas are open-air to catch the sea breezes. All units are comfortably furnished with cable TV (with programming from all over the world, and many channels are in English) and telephone.

Our packages at Buddy Resort always feature airport pickup by Buddy staff members, daily breakfast buffet, unlimited tanks for shore diving, and a truck from Buddy’s modern fleet of trucks (you’ll be assigned a truck after you arrive at the resort, so no need to wait in line at the airport).