Join Blue Planet for another week of world-class diving in Bonaire, one of the rare places in the Caribbean where excellent diving begins right at the shoreline! This Caribbean island has been a Marine Protected Area since 1979 and is teeming with life. With marked shore dive sites all around the island and a dive culture built around freedom and flexibility, you will be able to dive on your own schedule as much as you like.

Bonaire 

For forty years, Bonaire has led the Caribbean in the conservation of its marine resources. This tiny island, formerly a Dutch colony, has a long history and rich culture. Part of the ABC (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao) islands off the coast of Venezuela in the southern Caribbean, Bonaire is an oasis for divers. We’ll be staying right on the water outside of town with easy access to diving, shopping, restaurants, etc. English is spoken widely, and the US Dollar is the official currency. Does it get any easier?!

The Diving

Minimum dive certification/experience:  Perfect for beginners. A great spot to complete your Open Water Diver certification, Advanced Open Water Diver, and more. 

You’ve probably seen Bonaire highlighted again and again in dive magazines, and with good reason: the island not only has a healthy marine environment, but also excellent macro life, visibility, and an unusually high number of fish species.

Several factors combine to offer Bonaire visitors shore diving opportunities unlike any found elsewhere in the Caribbean. One is the sheer number of shore dive sites available. With close to 60 marked sites and any number of easily accessible unmarked entry points to choose from, divers will run out of vacation time long before they run out of diving options.

Coral, sponges, ostracods, and more spawn around the full moon in September, putting on an amazing show at night. This trip is perfectly timed to observe this incredible phenomenon!

Other Activities

Bonaire has plenty to do when you’re not underwater. Mountain biking, ocean and mangrove kayaking, windsurfing, kiteboarding, birding, and snorkeling are just a few of the activities you can try out. There’s a great national park, the donkey sanctuary, and of course, shopping.

Buddy Dive

Regularly voted one of the premier dive resorts on Bonaire and in the world, Buddy Dive offers divers everything they could want: condos with full-size kitchens and spacious living areas, two pools, two restaurants, an on-site dive shop, drive-through tank pick-up, diving dock, and more.  

Travel

You should plan to fly into Bonaire (BON) on Saturday, August 29th. You can fly home at any time on September 5th. Please email or call the shop before booking your flight!  

Upon cancellation of a reservation for any reason, the refund of the deposit and payments made or due will be contingent upon Blue Planet reselling the participant's reservation. Any refund may also be subject to a $250 cancellation fee and payment of any non-refundable fees imposed by the tour company, dive operator or any other contractor associated with the trip. 

Dive accident insurance is required for all divers on this trip. We strongly recommend travel insurance to protect your vacation investment. Contact us if you need more information. 

Arrive at the BON airport and transfer to Buddy Dive. Check in at the resort and dive shop. Get a shore dive in if you arrive in time! Everyone is required to attend a Dive Orientation at Buddy Dive and complete their first dive on site.

We'll be scheduled for 6 boat dives during the week. Plus with a rental truck and tank drive-through, you can go shore diving at any number of sites on the island!

We'll also offer guided night dives, coral restoration, UV night dives, East Coast dives and classes during the week.

We'll transfer back to the airport and fly out. Interested in extending your trip? We can help!