Understand how your dive gear works and how to handle minor problems before they interrupt your dive.
Equipment Techniques gives you a working understanding of scuba gear.
regulator function, BCD mechanics, cylinder care, and the basics of what can go wrong and how to respond. The course is primarily workshop-based. After completing it you'll know how to do a proper pre-dive check with actual understanding rather than habit, recognize when equipment needs servicing, and handle minor issues on a dive without surfacing immediately. Counts toward specialist recognition tracks.
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.
Divers who own gear or plan to buy equipment. Also useful for divers heading toward Divemaster, where equipment knowledge becomes a daily requirement.
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 PlanNo, basic maintenance and understanding only.
No.
Roughly half workshop, half theory.
Yes, as a specialty credit.
Yes. Understanding how equipment works makes you a safer and more confident diver regardless. The pre-dive check section applies to anyone picking up gear.
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.
