Develop the planning, judgment, and self-reliance to dive with a buddy team without a guide or instructor present.
The Independent Diving specialty develops the planning skills and judgment required to take full responsibility for your dives.
You practice advanced dive planning, gas management for self-sufficient scenarios, site assessments, and emergency protocols for buddy teams without external support. Three training dives build practical experience. This isn't about diving alone. It's about being prepared to make the decisions yourself. A solid step before Divemaster training.
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.
Experienced certified divers who want to shore dive independently on Bonaire and take full responsibility for their dive planning. Recommended before Divemaster.
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, always with a buddy.
Three.
No, tanks and weights are not included.
Yes.
Yes, as a specialty credit.
This course trains you to take full responsibility for the dive: site assessment, gas planning, emergency protocols, without a guide or instructor making those decisions.
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.
