The step into technical diving. planned decompression stops, gas management, and the discipline those profiles require.
Decompression Diving introduces planned decompression stops: dives that exceed no-decompression limits and require specific ascent protocols.
You learn how to plan decompression profiles, manage gas to support staged ascents, and execute the procedures with the discipline this kind of diving demands. Training dives on Bonaire's walls provide good depth and visibility. It's an SSI recreational specialty. A good way to find out whether technical diving is something you want to pursue further.
Most people who get certified at home spend their first real dive trip adjusting. Different visibility, colder water, unfamiliar conditions. On Bonaire, your training dives happen on the same reef you'll dive independently afterward. You get certified and comfortable in one trip. Nothing to re-learn the next time you come back.
Step by step training designed to build real confidence underwater.
Questions about your specific kit? Mention it when you fill in the dive plan form.
Wanderlust is run by Stephan and Linda. Not a franchise, not a large operation with rotating staff. The person who greets you on day one takes you into the water. Same face, start to finish.
Groups cap at four. Often smaller. Sometimes it is just you and an instructor. Your certification is processed the same day you complete your final training dive.
Wanderlust is the only SSI Instructor Training Center on Bonaire. We train instructors. That same bar applies to every course we teach.
No prior experience needed. Here's what applies.
Seasoned recreational divers entering technical diving. Requires Advanced Open Water or equivalent and solid deep diving background. Not a course to take casually.
Tell us where you are in your diving and what you want to do on Bonaire. We'll help you pick the right starting point.
Request Your Dive PlanNot officially. It's an SSI recreational specialty that introduces decompression procedures. A good way to find out if technical diving is for you.
Deep Diving specialty and Enriched Air Nitrox.
No.
No, booked separately.
Yes, as a specialty credit.
Recreational diving stays within no-decompression limits. This course introduces dives that intentionally exceed those limits and require specific ascent protocols to manage safely.
Personal advice from our dive team. No obligation. Response within 12 hours.
Share your trip details and we'll build your dive plan within hours.
