Buddy Dive Resort

Great people and beautiful dive site right at resort

Buddy dive resort is a one stop shop resort when it comes to diving. Everything you need is here. If you do not have something- you can rent it or purchase it here. Communication ahead of time to set up boat dives is recommended. Otherwise shore diving is available on your own schedule.

The staff was always pleasant to me and were ready to assist if need..Dive staff, Boat captains and instructors were awesome, very knowledgable, and willing to give pointers or help. I wished the baggage crew had uniforms or a clear ID they work for the hotel cus it was kind of concerning having someone in regular clothes randomly knock on your door on your check out day and ask for your bags..lol.. I wasn't crazy about rusted locks on lockers (Understood why, but the floors were wet and slippery) but the 2 placement areas made them convenient for grab gear and go. The front door and locks for the rooms were very concerning and I questioned if I should've just left the door unlocked like the vehicle we rented for dives to prevent people from breaking the window and stealing items(Yes petty theft is a problem here regardless how the staff down plays it) on the island..The cashless transaction (Bill to the room) and ticket system for some menu and special night non-regular menu items will require you to review your bill like an auditor for the IRS or pay with card to avoid disputes, and confusion on check out.. Other than that this resort is good to lay your head at night and get up early to scuba dive all day..Non-scuba related activities were very limited so if you bring someone non-scuba certified they will probably get bored really quick..This is a Scuba dive only resort if you’re looking for amenities you won’t find much and I would say this place is a tad over priced.

Stay was good. Only the internet/wifi was a little poor. Average connection in living room, bad connection in bedroom.

Buddy Dive is Wonderful. They cater to Diving %100. The atmosphere is so fun due to their motto Eat Sleep Dive

The drive-through to grab your cylinders is great and the whole staff was great. The full kitchen in the rooms are also a good thing to have. My only "complain" was that it would have been nice to have complimentary coffee with the coffee maker. Our plane came in late and all the stores were closed so I couldn't buy any. The restaurants do serve coffee so it was no big deal. One great thing that I've never had in any hotel was the awesome complimentary little food bag when we checked out at 5 am with a sandwich and some fruit since like they said everything would have been closed. I thought it was a very thoughtful touch. All in all I would highly recommend Buddy's and will for sure go back (hopefully soon)

They didn’t have our reservation and said that Expedia had not followed through with completing our reservation which was made 6 months prior. They kept us standing around at the front desk for an hour before they told us we had to spend the night at their much cheaper sister hotel for the first night and that we would be in a room at Buddy Dive by noon the next day. We ended up losing a full day of our trip as the room wasn’t ready until 3:00 the second day while we just waited around. The sister resort was significantly “less” than BD (cost was half per night) and when I asked for complimentary breakfast for my husband and myself for the week, I was told no. I was also told NOT to go through Expedia. The dive shop was great. It was tough to get dive tanks due to heavy demand, which is not great when you’ve paid for unlimited tanks. Couple of roaches in our room, one was huge. This was our second trip to Buddy Dive and I would not stay at BD again.

The weather was perfect 84 sunny during the day 76 at night. And diving was fantastic. The reef is right in front of the hotel and you can dive as often as you want. Great Vacation

Great service. Wonderful amenities. Couldn’t be more convenient for diving. Short distance to town. Second trip and will do it again!