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Dive Friends Bonaire

We are your dive friends!

At Dive Friends Bonaire we know the biggest asset
we have is the people who make the magic happen every day of the year.

Find out who your dive friends are!

Bart

General Manager

Bart was born in Amsterdam and raised in Brabant. After he moved to Zeeland, he discovered scuba diving. He first worked as a dive instructor in the Netherlands or five years, and in 2005 he decided to come to Bonaire. He has lived here ever since and just loves the ocean, the diving and the island.

Robert

Operations Manager

From the Netherlands, Robert’s first dives were in a swimming pool in the Netherlands and then here in Bonaire. His favorite part of the job is the variety and teaching courses from Open Water to specialities. Favorite part of Bonaire is the relaxed life and warm waters but he misses his daughter and BigMacs from back home.

Alex

Repair/Retail Supervisor

Alex grew up in the shadow of the Heineken (favorite beer) Brewery in the Netherlands where he worked for several years. He has worked in Menorca, L’Escala, Playa del Carmen, Xcalak, Saba and Tortola. He enjoys first time divers just as much as helping divers improve during technical training.

Judith

Administration

Judith came to work for Dive Friends Bonaire as an administrator and later as a bookkeeper in 1993. During the years, Judith has amassed lots of experience. She likes her job and also enjoys interacting with all the people around her. Judith lives on Bonaire with her husband and has two grown-up daughters.

Daniel

Delfins Beach Manager
PADI OWSI

Daniel is began diving in 2014 in Belize. Towards the end of 2014, Daniel moved to Australia to become a Divemaster. He worked in Malaysia and Thailand and became an instructor. Daniel remembers his open water instructor telling him Bonaire was his favorite dive spot in the Caribbean so he made the leap over from Asia to join us!

Eddy

Resort Bonaire Manager
PADI Instructor

Born in the south of the Netherlands.  Started diving at the age of 20. Came to visit a friend on Bonaire and fell in love with it.  Did his divemaster course with dive friends in 2017 took a break from his job as fireman and is back as instructor.

Luke

CDT/Retail Manager
PADI Instructor & SSI Instructor
IAHD Instructor

Luke is originally from the UK and he has been diving since he was 12 years old. During his universities studies, he did marine research on the island of Martinique which confirmed his love for the underwater world. He decided to become a dive instructor so he could share his passion with others.

Monique

Hamlet Oasis Manager
PADI Instructor

Monique was born and raised in the Netherlands and has always been a water addict. Swimming and snorkeling in every pool, pond, lake and sea as a child. She discovered scuba diving on holiday when she was 18 and after many discover scuba dives around the world, she became a certified diver. Because she couldn’t keep apart any of her instructors in all black gear, she decided to add some color and is now also known as Pinkie the PADI instructor.

Alex

PADI Divemaster

 Alex first fell for diving in England but truly got hooked in the warm waters of the tropics! She became a divemaster in Honduras in 2008 and then travelled around Southeast Asia as an instructor. After a month-long trip to Bonaire to do some underwater filming, she fell in love with the shore diving freedom and moved here six years ago. She’s happiest when she’s critter-hunting in the shallows and puzzling over marine life behaviour.

Antonia

Dushi Style – Retail

Antonia was born and raised on Bonaire and has been working with Dive Friends Bonaire for over 13 years. She believes the most important thing is how you treat the customers. She enjoys speaking with customers and telling them everything about the products. She likes to treats everyone with love and respect and keep them returning year after year.

Charlotte

Dushi Shoes – Retail

Charoline

Dushi Shoes – Retail

Daniel

Dive Friends Retail

Darcy

SSI Dive Guide

Darcy was born in Curacao and first learned to dive there at the Sea Aquarium in 1997. He has been diving ever since and working in the dive industry at various dive shops in Curacao. He moved his family to Bonaire and now has been working for Dive Friends for several years. Darcy is deaf so if you know sign language, come have a chat!

Jack

PADI MSDT

Jack was born in the south part of the Netherlands and started diving there over 15 years ago, very cold! Finished his Instructor Course in Thailand and became an MSDT. He stayed on to work on Koh Tao. He had a lifelong wish to come to Bonaire and is very happy to share his passion for the island, the diving and the underwater world with his students.

Jason

Divemaster

Jason is from Curacao but started diving here on Bonaire. He would go snorkeling and see all the fish but wanted to go deeper and get closer. Now he can get closer and find new fish on each dive. He likes helping and meeting divers from all over the world. You can find him filling tanks at our Sand Dollar location.

Joan

Front Desk Sand Dollar

Joan was born on Bonaire and she has lived her whole life here. She has worked in a dive shop for the past 16 years and she still loves every day. She enjoys seeing how happy all the divers are when they come back from their dives. She loves to help people and she always greets the customers with a big smile. She likes to spend her free time with her friends and lovely family.

Lliane

Reef Store – Retail

Lliane is from Bonaire and likes making home made ice cream, gardening, reading, and dancing. She loves to talk with customers and meeting and speaking with people from many different cultures all over the world. She speaks Dutch, English, and Papiamentu and enjoys making use of her many languages in serving these customers.

Lourdes

Dushi Style – Retail

 

Martin

PADI MSDT

From the Netherlands, Martin started diving in 1991 and first came to Bonaire to dive in 1995. After 20 years working in a bakery, it was time for a change and he came to Bonaire to work as an instructor. You can find Martin at the Port Bonaire location.

Samuel

Dive Friends – Retail

Samuel is from Belgium and grew up with love for the sea, surfing, sailing and scuba diving at a young age. He settled down on Bonaire in 2011 and enjoys his life on the island, where everything revolves around watersports and he can still get Belgian beers! He uses his expertise to help customers choose the right dive gear in the Dive Friends Retail Store. He loves getting to know people, is a real gearhead and is passionate about nature conservation.

Sarah

PADI Instructor

Sarah grew up in Portugal. She did her Open Water Course in 2016 before a trip to the Maldives, where she fell in love with diving, and decided to become an Instructor. Sarah was very happy to leave behind the cold waters of the Atlantic to come to Bonaire. You always know where Sarah is, as you hear her before you see her!

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