Dive Bus in Bonaire?

[ycyc1999]

I just read from this board that Curacao has "dive bus". I found similar operations in Bonaire through a google search. Have you done it in Bonaire? How was it? What would you recommend? I am going to Bonaire in late May and will be traveling solo. I would love to join a good dive bus - divers sometimes are as fun as (if not more than) diving! Thanks.

 

[DeputyDan]

I have heard of it but have never actually seen it or met anyone who has used it.

 

[herman]

Last I heard, the dive bus was no longer operating. I never used it but did see it at several sites over the years. You might want to go to the Bonaire board and see if you can find someone else who is on island at the same time. There is usually some one on island who is happy to let you join them. Sometimes it's a single and sometimes it's a group. I have had several people join my group and so far it's been great. www.bonairetalk.com

 

[undercbon]

I just read from this board that Curacao has "dive bus". I found similar operations in Bonaire through a google search. Have you done it in Bonaire? How was it? What would you recommend? I am going to Bonaire in late May and will be traveling solo. I would love to join a good dive bus - divers sometimes are as fun as (if not more than) diving! Thanks.

ycyc1999,
The dive bus has found a new home with the kite boarders down at the south end of Bonaire. It is mainly there as a social center. I am sure you will find lots of folks to dive with on your holiday. :14:

 

[Tom Smedley]

The dive bus on Bonaire was not what you describe. It was a rolling dive store that sold tee-shirts, small equipment items, ice cream, sodas, and stuff like that. It had a toilet and claimed that if you went diving at the site where it was parked for the day they would watch your stuff.

It was not a group of divers out having a day of it.

I bought ice cream and sodas from them and once I bought a tee-shirt. My friend's daughter touched some fire coral and the dive bus had first aid stuff and a cell phone if a real emergency happened.

They would have had to sell a bost load of snacks to justify it's continued operation.

 

[undercbon]

The dive bus on Bonaire was not what you describe.

Yes, Tom it was what you describe. As I said, it is no longer. It is now a gathering spot for kite boarders usually at the Atlantis dive site. If it goes elsewhere I have not seen it.

 

[ckofabq]

I spent quite a while on this most excellent web site.
These guys will be getting a try with us this fall.

http://the-dive-bus.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Craig-

 

[diveallthetime]

Mark and Suzy are some of the best folks you will ever be around.
They know what they are doing and make it fun.

Have a blast