Buddy Dive Watersports

Very useless shop, only good in renting out bottles or staff Brought two Suunto watches to repair. They gladly took them but returned next day - "unable to repair" Gave them Suunto compass (bought few months ago there). Came to check after several days. It took them a while to locate it and gladly returned with the same "unable to repaire". Always same remark: -->"your fault". Not recommended unless you need to rent something, Looks nice though... but appearances are deceiving.

I needed to replace some gear and get a new dive computer while on a cruise. I was pleasantly surprised to find Buddy Dive Watersports right outside the gate at the port. Ashley helped me get everything I needed, including a new dive computer. Their prices were very reasonable and the staff was helpful without being pushy. Ashley even managed to arrange a last minute dive for me with Quentin to test out my new gear. He took me to the resort for a single tank drift dive. We dove to about 50 feet and saw some great coral, beautiful fish, and a small shipwreck. I would definitely do business with them again!

The best service, quality of equipment, and price I have ever seen from a dive shop. My boyfriend went around the entire island getting quotes and found that if you are a couple Buddy’s is the cheapest. $100 for 12 tank cards. Unlike other dive shops, you are able to share the tank card. They have three locations that make it easy to pick up tanks and can always switch out equipment if needed. I even got to test out goggles to buy! I actually got to wear them on my dives! The woman Mariska was the absolute best and was always willing to help even when the store was bustling. I was not treated as kindly when looking at other scuba brands at Dive Friends. (Each scuba shop carry different brands to limit competition and help one another out!…so cool!) I will 100% be back!

Coordinated a 2 dive with Buddy Dive as we were coming in by cruise ship and wanted to go diving. Reservation was easy, communication was quick and effortless. Signed the waivers online prior and paid for the dive up front. Upon arrival Quinten had all the equipment set up and ready to go. We did a quick check of the equipment and gear. Loaded up and went diving. The two spots were incredible reefs. Saw octopus, eels, tons of different fish and some incredible coral formations. Also saw the biggest lion fish ever in my life. 5 Stars Will be back. Only disappointing thing was my GoPro died on me mid dive in Aruba the day before.

Located near the center of town and close to the cruise ship terminal. We went here off the cruise ship to go diving for the day. Very convenient. Great service. Highly recommend. Schedule your dive in advance! Dive sites were fabulous.

This is the place to go if you want to boat dive in Bonaire because I slowly found out that others would demand money upfront for 10 dives but wouldn't guarantee the boats would go unless enough divers were booked. Finally I got consecutive days of 2 tank dives guaranteed at Buddy Dive, although as I wasn't staying at the resort their guests would be prioritised if the boats were busy. I found customer service generally poor at the Bonaire dive operations in that they didn't ask the internationally recommended questions like when was the last dive and how many dives had I done. They weren't really interested in looking at my dive card or my Medical Certificate for fitness to dive at age 77. So in Bonaire you can dive regardless of age and fitness to dive no questions asked and there were some extremely obese divers on the boats. No assistance was offered with setting up gear and staff on the boat on occasions simply watched me struggle with gear. Only one staff member, Anouck, did routine safety stuff I have observed all over the world and helped divers getting back onto the boat to their place and ensuring the tank was in its seat. At 4'11" I struggled both to seat the tank in place and to get out of the seat unaided.

Great selection of equipment and very friendly staff. Helped us extensively with our introduction dive and got us the best instructor Richard! We will always come back for Richard, a true expert and super funny.

I hate leaving critical reviews, but I have had an incredibly negative experience with Buddy Dive and Your Scuba Store. I bought a dive light from Your Scuba Store last week so I could do some night diving while on the island. The light worked at home, and I was careful to set it up correctly, but the moment I took it into the water it failed and would not work at all. The next day I took it to the store to return it, but the employee there was unable to help me and said I needed to go to Buddy Dive the following day so that I could talk with the manager. The next day I went to Buddy Dive, and explained my problem. The manager Lisa was unsympathetic in her tone, and said there was nothing she could do. After pleading for her help, she finally said she would check with the manufacturer to see if other similar problems had been reported. However, as this was Easter weekend, we would have to wait several days until Tuesday when the manufacturer was open again. On Tuesday when I spoke with Lisa again, she said that because the manufacturer had not had any similar issues reported, she could not do anything to help me in any way with the issue. I know that a store should not necessarily be responsible for anything someone does with a product after they buy it, but this $81 light stopped working within 24 hours of me buying it, and before I even got to use it. And I was careful to put it together correctly, to read all instructions, to treat it with care. I don’t tend to expect a lot from my customer service, but I do expect that when I pay good money for a product, it should work, and if it doesn’t, it should be replaced and an apology or at least empathy from the store. In addition, the issue should have been addressed much sooner, the first time I brought the light back to the store, less than a day after I bought it, rather than requiring me to come back in, and deal with multiple people before getting no resolution. Instead, I’m out $81 for light that I can’t use, having spent a significant portion of my time here either dealing with the problem or waiting to find that there is nothing they can do, and feeling as though Buddy Dive has zero care about me as the customer or about the fact that I still don’t have a dive light. Super frustrated and disappointing.