Diving at Bruce Bowker's Carib Inn

Boat diving at Carib Inn takes divers to all of Bonaire's prime dive sites.

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Diving at Bruce Bowker’s Carib Inn

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All divers are welcome to dive at Carib Inn regardless of where they stay!

Boat diving.

Daily boat trips depart at 8:30 AM and 1:30 PM to Klein Bonaire, as well as to Bonaire’s northern and southern dive sites.

One of the main advantages to planning your dives at Carib Inn is the smaller boats and individual attention their staff gives their divers. Even reserving your own dive boat is an affordable option.

Learn to dive or further your dive education.

In addition to boat or guided shore diving (of course, you may also shore dive without a guide), Carib Inn offers a full menu of PADI instructional courses, with online courses available as well. Choose an introductory course, or extend your knowledge with continuing education programs.

Carib Inn’s retail store.

Their retail store offers a large selection of dive gear, especially selected for Bonaire’s warm water dives. Prices are very competitive with U.S. rates as well. What happens if your equipment has a problem? Carib Inn’s repair service is considered one of the best on the island as well and many parts are normally kept in stock.

If you wish to spoiled when diving on Bonaire, and avoid the crowds, be sure to dive with Bruce Bowker’s Carib Inn.

Learn more about staying at Carib Inn.

Guest reviews.

Chris Wisniewski

01:19 06 Mar 20

Bruce is awesome! Repairs equipment usually while you wait and prices are the cheapest on the island. He is very thorough and explains what he is repairing and why. His entire staff is knowledgeable and treats everyone as he does. These people are awesome!read more

Rodolfo Maia

00:31 05 Sep 19

Good Prices... and excellent atendents....

Jim Richardson

22:35 15 Jul 19

Great folks, good prices, wonderful dives.

Miles Nason

19:20 27 Jun 19

My family spent a wonderful week at the Carib Inn. I can't say enough nice things about the people who work there. After being there just a couple of days we felt like part of the family. I want to say a special thanks to Kristi who worked with my son to completed the open water portion of his PADI training. She did a fantastic job! We did some shore diving but also dove from Carib Inn's boats with Larry, Lucia and Linda. They all do a great job guiding a dive. We stayed in the Green House across the road from the Inn and it was great. Prices in the dive shop are as good or better than you will get anywhere else and Bruce is more than happy to answer all your questions. Can;t wait to go back.read more

Peter McNiff

16:30 01 May 19

Bruce has the best service and the best prices when it comes to dive equipment.

Dean Dingwall

17:13 07 Apr 19

This place is awesome! Great staff, and Bruce goes above and beyond to help people.

Abraham Potappel

11:53 09 Feb 19

The most appreciated diving operation in Bonaire.

Nancy Kennedy

20:36 16 Jan 19

Best place to buy scuba gear. Great people and service

Steven Hines

19:41 31 Dec 18

Great little dive shop with excellent prices and good advice from the owner. Location right on the water is nice.

Martin Thornspic

12:03 07 Dec 18

Perfect service Friendly prices

Jim Kasten

16:13 19 Nov 18

we have been going here for many years and will continue. ask for Linda for your dives.

Joanna Anglin

16:01 26 Sep 18

Best spot ever, anywhere. Beautiful location, walk down the sidewalk, dive off the end of the dock. Can't wait to visit again in November.read more

Greg Lindsay

15:48 25 Sep 18

As a new diver it was amazing. I wanted to buy my gear and Bruce and his staff were fantastic. I got my bcd and regulator for a great price and they had amazing knowledge. I can't recommend Bruce and his dive shop highly enough!!read more

Edward Chan

19:47 09 Aug 18

Awesome place to stay and dive XD

Alexandra Otto

01:25 08 Mar 18

Fantastic place to learn to dive! The instructors are amazing and patient. I'm so glad I learned to dive through the Carib Inn. They offer daily boat dives at 8:30 and 1:30. Whenever I come to Bonaire to dive I will definitely dive with the Carib Inn.read more

Ian Kaplan

18:26 23 Jan 18

Bruce Bowker is one of the pioneers of scuba diving on Bonaire. He has been involved with the STINAPA marine reserve and may other public projects on Bonaire. Bruce's dive shop is smaller in square footage than some of the other dive shops, but they carry excellent equipment at good prices. Bruce also repairs regulators and whenever my regulators need work, I take them to Bruce. The Carib Inn has several boats. Some friends chartered one of the smaller boats with a divemaster for a two tank dive up near Playa Franz. They were kind enough to invite me along and I had two great dives.read more

Hitesh B

02:31 01 Dec 17

Best place to live. Quality of Service. The absolute best on the island and the best person you could meet on the island. Mr. Bruce Bowker.read more

Samantha Stubblefield

18:48 31 Oct 17

This is a diver's dive spot. The dive shop and the staff are incredibly knowledgeable, helpful, and fun. The Inn is accommodating and relaxing and the ocean is feet away. Be prepared to hit the grocery store up for fresh fruit and veggies and delicious cheeses and bread (and beer!) so you can spend as much time as possible in the water.read more

Richard Ghere

13:38 17 Oct 17

This is a nice little seafront hotel that won't break the bank. Rooms are clean and comfortable. The staff is very friendly. There is a small dive shop/souvenir shop that is well stocked and has excellent prices. Rental equipment is the most well maintained of any dive shop that I have rented from. My wife and I have stayed and dived with Carib Inn since 2013, and will be customers for life.read more

Larry Lozuk

19:20 12 Jul 17

I can't recommend this place enough for scuba repair. We had a first stage that had been rebuilt last week that started honking on day three of our trip. Bruce had it field stripped, diagnosed, and reassembled in 10 minutes. Another shop wanted to rebuild all three stages of the reg set at $50 each. This is the one-stop shop for regulator repair in Bonaire.read more