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“I can’t think of a better location or diving facility to bring my Tech Diving Students”
Carlos Peña Herrera / Tech Diving Instructor
H 2 O H 2 O O 2 O O 2 O 2 O 2
O 2
Technical go go H 2 O air nitrox) skills 2 2 O 2 O 2 O 2
diving(
H 2 O
expert
scuba gear
H 2 O
O
O 2
trimix
fill
H 2 O
beyond deep
H 2 O advanced
Diving H 2 O maximum training solo specialized gauge mask O O 2 O 2 O 2
H 2 O
scrubber
suit
H 2 O
ccr
depth
buzzer
H 2 O
equipment
rebreather
breath
dive
latest
technology buddy HO dive rite oxygen O 2 O 2 2
>100 dive 2 gauge computer
For those that want to >200 open sidemount slate
>150
regulators
circuit
“experience it all”! >250 tec bailout bottle light H 2 O
H 2 O
>350 dive knive
light
feet
The dive industry is constantly stay, and use our facilities to teach
looking for new alternatives to feed their tech diving students. Buddy
the non-stop demand for more ways Dive is a rebreather friendly dive oper-
to enjoy and explore the underwater ation and new this year we have
world. Following this idea and direc- Poseidon MKVI rebreathers for both
tion, Buddy Dive Resort went deep instruction and rental. PADI Course
into the development of a new depart- Director and TRIMIX Instructor,
ment fully dedicated to technical div- Carlos Pena Herrera, choose Buddy
ing. After a year of intensive training, Dive to be his tech diving classroom
investments, and improvements, we for two consecutive years and re-
were very happy and pleased to an- marked that he, “couldn’t find a better
nounce the opening of the Buddy location or diving facility to bring my
Dive Resort Technical Diving De- tech diving students.” The non-stop
partment in October 2007. spirit of adventure and curiosity of
Under the leadership of Dive ferent requests of tech diving guests. the enthusiastic diving community
Operations Manager, Augusto Mont- Today we are proud to say that world-wide keeps pushing the dive in-
brun, the project started first with amongst our staff we have tech di- dustry forward, and it is our pleasure
the investment in top-of-the-line tech vers from PADI, GUE and TDI. At this to ensure that we at Buddy Dive pro-
diving equipment from Palm Trading time, PADI technical diving courses vide the latest in Technical Diving in a
Bonaire, a local dealer of Dive Rite can be taught up to the instructor safe and friendly environment.
tech gear. level.
Right after that, five of resort’s Buddy Dive Resort also rearran-
dive instructors went straight into ged the fill station, adding a complete
tech diving training, achieving vari- and new partial pressure gas blend-
ous levels of certifications from differ- ing station, where we are able to fill
ent agencies, providing a wide and our tech diving tanks and prepare cus-
complete list of alternatives for the dif- tom blends at the desire of our clien-
tele.
Our technical diving staff is quali-
fied as gas and TRIMIX blenders
from PADI and TDI, thus keeping the
safety standards at the highest possi-
ble level.
Today we are able to offer tech di- Augusto Montbrun
ving courses, equipment rentals, cus- Dive Operations Manager
tom blends, and guided dives to Buddy Dive Resort
wrecks and other interesting sites not
explored very often on Bonaire. At the
same time, we can host tech diving
courses from instructors who come,

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