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Snorkeling:

Children as young as five can try their hand at breathing compressed air while remaining safely afloat with a special flotation vest, air tank, regulator and tank pressure gauge all integrated into one lightweight system when renting our SASY (Supplied Air Snorkeling for Youth) equipment.

So what are you waiting for?

"Buddy Rangers" Kids Club
You can do it!

Explore the beautiful reefs and fish life during an entertaining program, while your parents are out diving or snorkeling!!!

We offer a full morning program where you will: * Learn to snorkel and how to use SASY equipment
* Fish ID and Coral ID
* Driftwood painting
* Surprise trip!!

The morning program will be from 8.30 am till 12.30 pm and it includes snorkel equipment, drinks, snacks, logbook and a certificate. Make sure that your child is registered for the full week to qualify for a T-shirt.

"Buddy Rangers" Kids Club is for children between the ages of 5 to 14 years and it is very important they are able to swim.
Prices * One morning $30.- * Three mornings $80.- * Five mornings $120.-
All tour, services & rentals are subject to 5% Government Tax.
Prices and Government Taxes are subject to change without notice.
No Service Charge will be added

Kids Club schedule

Monday	Introduction to the ocean, explanation about the reef, fish and the Bonaire Marine Park. Snorkel lessons in the pool or in the ocean Fish ID Snorkel on Buddy's Reef
Tuesday	Fish Identification and Coral Identification Guided snorkel trip Filling in our logbooks with what we have seen Finishing game for the morning. (Surprise)
Wednesday	Surprise Trip!!!! Reaching out certificate
Thursday	Drift wood painting, and create your own 'Local Art'. Explanation about "SASY" units and try them out!!
Friday	"SASY" around on Buddy's Reef Complete the finishing touches to your Local Art Round off the morning with a game Reaching out certificate and T-shirt (full week participants only)

The actual schedule is subject to change without notice.

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Scuba Schools International (SSI) has developed a unique program for kids age 8 and up with the goal to let them discover Scuba Diving in a safe and natural way. This program is called Scuba Rangers and has different levels. Below you can see a typical Scuba Ranger experience at Buddy Dive Resort where we have certified Scuba Rangers Instructors.

www.scubarangers.com * www.scubarangers.nl

Red Ranger

Today we snorkeled. Of course I could do that already but my Ranger Leader wanted to make sure we were very good in snorkeling. It was fun to learn some new things such as clearing my snorkel after going through the ring on the bottom. We also had some toys in the water such as a torpedo and an underwater disk. We could throw these at each other and had to catch them! A lot of fun!!

White Ranger

Scuba diving is fun!! Today we went diving. I had to put my stuff together. Where necessary Buddy’s Ranger Leader helped me. I put the set on in the water and together with my Ranger Leader went under water. It was great, a bit strange to breath underwater but I got used to that real fast. First we did some exercises, like clearing my mask and finding and replacing my regulator and when we could do that we got to play around in the pool, again with the torpedo and the disk!

Blue Ranger

Went diving again today. I’m getting better and better! I almost put my set together all by my self. Oh yes, we went in to the ocean today. That was real cool, I took a lot of pictures of the fish. Now I still have to find out their names… We could go into the ocean because we were very good in the pool and it was safe for us to go in the ocean. Mom was a bit worried but after she saw what we did she was really proud. She took some pictures I can show to my friends and at school.

Silver Ranger

Tomorrow I am going to show my parents what I learned this week. So today we had to practice every thing we learned so far and now I’m almost as good as dad. I can take off my mask, find my regulator and share air with my buddy. I’m a bit nervous about tomorrow, but my Ranger Leader says everything will be ok!

Green Ranger

I AM A SCUBA RANGER. Everything went well today. Mom and dad are really proud of me. They could join us in the pool but only with their snorkel, otherwise they would be in our way! I got a nice diploma and there is a nice certification card coming in the mail for me! For sure I’m going to join a Scuba Rangers Club in my home town and now I can also discover the oceans like my parents do.
This is really awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Buddy Rangers" Kids Club You can do it!

"Buddy Rangers" Kids Club
You can do it!