PADI 5 Star IDC Resort
Dive Friends Bonaire offers some of the best diving and dive services Bonaire has to offer. As a PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Center, we welcome divers of all ages and experience levels — from kids’ programs and beginner courses to continuing education and professional-level dive training. We are also the only Avelo Dive Center in the Caribbean.
With 7 dive shops across Bonaire, you are never far from your next dive adventure. Visit us at Hamlet Oasis, Sand Dollar, Retail & Dive, Yellow Submarine, Dive Inn, Port Bonaire, or Delfins Beach to pick up or drop off tanks, arrange dive activities, or find everything you need for both below and above the water at our 3 retail locations, REEF, ARENA and Dushi Store.
Dive Friends Bonaire is not tied to just one resort, which means divers staying anywhere on the island are welcome to dive with us. We make shore and boat diving as easy and convenient as possible, starting with a Marine Park orientation offered daily between 09:00–11:30 and 14:00–15:30.
Whether it is your first visit or your tenth, we are here to make your Bonaire diving experience easy, memorable, and friendly.
PADI Scuba Diving, PADI Freediving, PADI Snorkelling, Conservation, PADI First Aid - EFR, Adaptive Diving
Eco Center, PADI 100% Aware
English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Italian
Air Fills, Nitrox, Equipment Sales, Scuba equipment rental, Kids equipment rental, Conservation activities
Accessible trips and activities, Accessible boat diving, Personalized dive training, Staff trained in adaptive support
Onsite classroom, Adaptive Services Facility, Air Conditioning, Wi-Fi (FREE), Retail Shop, Waterfront location, House reef, Food & Drinks, Parking, Other
35 PADI Instructors
Open-heel fins, Compass, Camera, BCD, Mask & Snorkel, Skin suit, Wetsuit – shorty, Gauges, Children sizes, Flashlight, Regulator, Dive Computer, Boots, Aluminum Cylinders, Large Cylinders (15L / 100 cu. ft.), Small Cylinders (10L / 71.2 cu. ft.)
Gauges, Cylinders, Regulators, BCDs, Dive Computers
Bank / Debit Card, VISA, Mastercard, Cash (local currency)
Technical Diving
Freediving
Emergency First Response
FREE – Introduction to Scuba Diving Online
Marine Debris
Shark & Ray Protection
Adopt a Dive Site
