We are headed to Bonaire in 2 wks (last minute trip after finding a good deal on airline tickets) and are looking at Hamlet Oasis vs. Divers Paradise. Hamlet Oasis would be much cheaper. I haven't seen many reviews on either place and am very interested on ease of diving at both options. We want to upgrade to Nitrox both places...Hamlet limits guests to 3 nitrox tanks each and only has tanks available until 5pm, but say it's okay to store tanks in our apt...they said they have "a few" lockers, so I'm not sure exactly what that means.
Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks!

I've been to Bonaire once--we stayed at Den Laman and really like it, but want to go a little cheaper this time.

Divers Paradise is not located on the water so you would need to drive to dive sites. Because it is managed by Al of the Black Durgon you can dive from the pier there but only if you are using their tanks. We have stayed at Divers Paradise several times and use Dive Friends for our air because they have three convenient locations.

Apartments at DP are very basic but are clean and functional. Kitchens have basic pots and pans, coffee pot, refrigerator, stove top and microwave. Second floor units get more breeze but you have to carry your gear up a flight of stairs as each unit's gear locker is located on the balcony.

Check the Bonaire Sea Side Apartments. They are from the same owner then Den Lama. They are new and very nice. Sea front en sea site and there is an dive center in the neighbour. Nice trip.

My husband & I stayed at Divers Paradise and were pleasantly surprised at how nice it was. We would definitely stay there again!!