Diving with Dive Friends is exactly what the name implies...Friendly and fun. Alex, Allie, Pieter, Helmur, Janine, and Hank were friendly, kind, professional, and knowledgeable.

My wife's... read more knee is injured, and everyone went out of their way to ensure she had a comfortable and safe experience. That included helping her gear up close to the exit point on the boat and hauling her BCD and tank back onto the boat.

Special thanks to Pieter who was my instructor for my Advanced Open Water Certification. Through his efforts (and patience) I was able to significantly improve my dive skills in just a few days.

Big shout out to the management team at Dive Friends for creating a culture where everyone has a good and safe experience.

  Kim Betz is the best ! We had a great week in Bonaire and the diving experience was the best. This is the place to dive with. The staff... read more is great and the service is fantastic. We had two guys in our group that were just awfully poor divers and Kim made them into pros. She was patient with them while allowing us to learn, be safe and have fun!
Thanks Kim!!

  Dive Friends was a good experience. Very professional and knowledgeable. We had Kimberly as our dive guide and she impressed us with her knowledge of the different dive... read more sites. Highly recommend using dive friends.

  Our family of 4 rented equipment with unlimited air for the week and it worked out really well. Since there are multiple locations regardless of where we dove there... read more was a place not far away for air exchange or help with minor equipment issues. Staff was very friendly and happy to give advice as to where to dive. We also did a guided night dive with Sid at Yellow Submarine and really enjoyed it and Marta at Dive Inn was great with equipment rental and our checkout dive.

  We got a combo package of unlimited shore diving plus three boat dives. The shore diving was fine— easy to get tanks and drop off empties. They could... read more use a 2nd analyzer for Nitrox at the busier locations as we had a line a few times waiting for others to analyze. Their system to analyze is easy to use... could just use another one. The boats left from the Courtyard location which is easy to access— the dive boats were in the small side vs other companies. The good news is that makes for less divers in the group— the bad news is that they are tight making moving around with gear a bit tight. The boat also tips to one side easily if the weight isn’t balanced well— not ideal with heavy gear on and it unexpectedly shifts. Also there is limited space for the dry area (in hatch where emergency equipment is). There is a small camera bucket. We found the dive guides to be somewhat apathetic overall. One, (Syd I think) was very personable and engaging above and under water. We only had him one out of three times but wished we’d had more of him. He should spread his good cheer to balance of staff! The others seemed bored— just going through the motions above and below water. They also don’t do much to be helpful. If you’re on Nitrox, you analyze your tanks (expected) and then carry them yourself down to the boats. The air tanks are carried down— but not Nitrox. Then you also have to carry your gear. The staff wanted you to move quickly to leave— but you had to wait to analyze tanks (per above... a 2nd analyzer would help), then rush to load tanks, gear, etc. They didn’t even offer a hand in and out of the boat. They could be more helpful. We did like that they were not over-bearing in the water and allow a full one hour dive if your air consumption allows.