Dive Operators

All of Bonaire's dive operators offer experience and professionalism. There is no doubt you will find the perfect dive operation to suit your individual needs:

Black Durgon Inn Scuba Center is located on a unique, family owned and operated oceanfront 10 room property. The Inn boasts easy access to world class diving and snorkeling at your leisure from their waters edge, day or night. They are an SSI Platinum Instructor Training Facility with a full service dive center offering guided reef diving for new divers or wreck and East coast locations for the more experienced. All Scuba certifying agencies are welcome.

Their size allows for personalized attention and individualized instruction from one day resort courses through instructor training. Their forte is bringing new or uncomfortable divers to a proficient, comfort level.

Classes take place in the oceanfront lounge area beneath a naturally landscaped canopy of coco-palms, almond, tamarind and kanepa fruit trees, just steps from the water's edge. Equipment storage locker and fresh-water rinse tanks are located at the foot of our private pier.

Snorkelers, divers and non-diving guests enjoy the laid-back relaxing atmosphere at the Durgon. A friendly team with over 40 years of combined Bonaire experience is available to help make your vacation as memorable and enjoyable as possible.

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Blue Divers Bonaire Is under new management, and completely renovated. Blue Divers supplies everything to make a dive vacation the best. Located in the center of Kralendijk, Blue Divers specializes in group activities, complete dive packages, courses, technical diving, boat diving and of course affordable and comfortable apartments with air-conditioning, new kitchenettes, a swimming pool, new bathrooms, wireless internet, private sundeck, and many more amenities which will make your stay above water even more relaxing.

Blue Divers is truly "diving as it should be!"

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The Discover Bonaire program, based at Bonaire Dive & Adventure, offers visitors the opportunity to explore the island's natural treasures, both above and below water.

Trained naturalists are available to take you on guided tours of the island's numerous ecosystems by kayak, mountain bike, dive boat, air-conditioned van, or even on foot. And for travelers who prefer to go it alone, our fleet of kayaks (both sea and sit-on-top) and mountain bikes are also available for rent.

Interested in taking a kayak course? Instruction using sea kayaks is available from ACA-certified instructors. Interested in seeing birds found only in this part of the Caribbean? Be part of one of Discover Bonaire's birding tours with resident expert Jerry Ligon and see one of Bonaire's 200 species of birds.

Discover Bonaire also offers the Bonaire Adventure Package. This is a six-day program allows you to participate in the diverse range of activities and learning experiences that are available on Bonaire.

From the deepest reefs to the summit of Mount Brandaris, Bonaire's tallest peak, the Discover Bonaire team can take you where you want to go.

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Bruce Bowker's Carib Inn is a resort dedicated to the needs and requirements of travelers who want a diving vacation. By focusing on diving, specialized personnel maintain quality throughout the resort. Although diving is featured at the Carib Inn, many guests come just to relax and enjoy Bonaire. All employees in the dive shop are PADI certified instructors. This gives every customer the best possible commitment to professional instruction, advice in equipment purchases and any diving topic. The Carib Inn offers exceptionally good prices on all equipment sales, but does not compromise on quality. A large selection is available from nationally known brands.

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Buddy Dive Resort is well known for its casual atmosphere, personable staff and a PADI 5 Star Gold Palm dive center that has it all - easy shore and boat diving, a unique drive thru airfill station, nitrox, retail shop, full equipment rental and storage, right on the oceanfront.

Our experienced, multilingual staff stands ready to provide instruction and assistance, and to make sure you enjoy your diving vacation in any way possible. Just a giant stride off the dock is our lively house reef, perfect for diving day and night.

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Captain Don's Habitat.........Known the world over as “the home of diving freedom.” Our dive operation always has been known as a leader in the diving industry of Bonaire…first with “diving freedom”…first to offer tanks and shore diving 24 hours a day…first to offer 3 scheduled boat departures daily…first to offer Nitrox…first to offer rebreather diving…first to offer tri-mix, and now the resort also offers massage and spa treatments!

Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned pro…why not dive with the leader in the diving industry on Bonaire, Captain Don’s Habitat. Habitat’s Dive Operation is a PADI 5-Star Gold Palm IDC, TDI/SDI Training Facility, NAUI Dream Resort and an SSI Referral Facility. Promotional specials and group discounts are available all year.

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Caribbean Gas Training is owned and managed by Benji Schaub, and it is the only DIR/GUE training and technical diving logistics center on Bonaire and in the entire southern Caribbean. The company strives to supply the world's best divers and dive teams with the finest gear, education, and the most awesome experiences possible on Bonaire, in one of the world’s last diving paradises. Services include

• Education--CGT is one of the two locations in the wider Caribbean area that offers the prestigious GUE Fundamentals course, designed to cultivate refined diving technique and team awareness in any diver regardless of level. They also regularly host the elite-class GUE Tech 1 and Tech 2 programs.
• Technical diving logistics: Tech diving gear such as wings, backplates and regulators are available and rentals of double tanks and deco bottles with Trimix, decompression gases and pure oxygen are available.
• Shore excursions: Offering a laid back attitude, but the highest safety standards and tons of local knowledge, CGT can show you the best of Bonaire’s dive sites away from crowded boats.
• Retail: CGT distributes technical diving equipment made by such prestigious brands as Scubapro, Agir-Brokk and Halcyon. In addition, they can also perform factory-authorized repairs on your gear.

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Dive Friends Bonaire: Dive Friends Bonaire is a new company evolved out of the merger between Photo Tours Divers, Yellow Submarine, and Dive Inn. Dive Friends is devoted to bringing you the best diving and services that Bonaire has to offer. Dive Friends Bonaire is a family-type dive school, as the personal touch is very important. We prefer "‘quality" instead of "quantity." If you have never spent some time with us, we invite you to stop for a cup of coffee anytime at any location; we'd be delighted to show you around.

With Yellow Submarine, Photo Tours Divers, and Dive Inn, Dive Friends Bonaire brings you four dive locations to make your shore or boat diving as easy as possible. What sets us apart from the larger dive operations is that Dive Friends Bonaire can provide you with an orientation briefing at any time, at any location, during normal business hours.

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Divi Flamingo Beach Resort: World-renowned Divi Dive, located on-site at Divi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino offers “no hassle” service. This Gold Palm Resort dive operation has daily scheduled two-tank morning and single tank afternoon boat dives and features five custom 36 to 42 feet dive boats, all equipped with tanks, camera rinse tanks, fresh drinking water, tables for camera set-up and all emergency utilities. Divi Dive also offers 24 hours shore diving, Nitrox diving, 2 private dive docks, rental gear, dive shop (also for retail shopping), and full service dive instruction for novice to advanced specialties in Dutch, English, German, French, and Spanish.

Diver convenience is top priority with features like secure gear storage and sign-up boards to facilitate a variety of daily dive operations, all designed for an adventurous and safe scuba or snorkel experience.

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A PADI Gold Palm Resort facility featuring uncrowded boats, personalized service and a professional, friendly and multilingual staff.  Services include 3 daily boat dives on two custom-built dive boats, a 30’ Island Hopper and a 46’ Newton Dive Special, chilled juices on board, beach towels, guided snorkel trips, all levels of instruction, equipment rental, SASY for kids and advanced specialties.  Also available are a spacious deck, rinse tanks, retail store, dive lockers, classroom, Sunfish and Kayak sailing.

Right off-shore from Harbour Village Beach Club’s private beach, home of Great Adventures Bonaire, is the newest wreck in the Caribbean, the 60-foot “Our Confidence”, which sunk in August, 2003 and is accessible on your very first dive.

Unlimited air and Nitrox  packages available. Tel. (599) 717-7500, e-mail gab@harbourvillage.com or visit www.harbourvillage.com. For reservations, email: reservationsusa@harbourvillage.com

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Rec Tek Scuba is Bonaire’s first and only dedicated Technical Diving Operation. We offer a full range of TDI/SDI courses including Solo Diving, Rebreathers, Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures, Extended Range, Trimix, etc. Instructor level training is available.

Our rental department stocks Drager Dolphin Rebreathers, feed bottles, bailout bottles and Sofnolime, in addition to high performance O2 clean regulators, back plates, wings, doubles, high capacity singles and deco bottles.

Inquire about one of our experience programs, or schedule a full course. Let us help you plan your next adventure.

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Toucan Diving is a leading PADI Five Star Gold Palm IDC Center, located on the premises of Plaza Resort Bonaire. Known for having a professional and knowledgeable staff, Toucan Diving provides multi-lingual instruction from beginner thru advanced, digital photo & video, Island Hopper dive boats (12 pax/2 crew) as well as a larger Sea Aruba (18 pax/2 crew) (with ice water, hot towels, partial shade, first aid, camera table), rinse tanks (with camera-only rinse tanks), rental gear from leading manufacturers, Aquakids (ages 5-15), Bubblemaker, SASY, Nitrox, TEC/REC, daily single and two tank boat trips, afternoon single tank boat trips, Weekly Night (boat) dives and filled tanks available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at the Plaza Resort Bonaire's house reef "18 Palms." Ask for our latest IDC schedule (course director on staff).

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Wannadive, where diving is fun!

Wannadive has just announced the opening of WannadiveHUT Bonaire, one of Bonaire’s newest intimate dive hotels. It offers twelve hotel rooms and two two-bedroom apartments, a restaurant, bar, dive center and sundeck. For more information call 011-599-717-8850 or visit www.wannadivehutbonaire.com.

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