With all due respect, diving alone is a really bad idea and I am sure that you know that. Anyone who would encourage you to do otherwise is really not doing you any favors. It does not hing on the expertise or experience of the diver. That has nothing to do with it. It is unsafe and puts you at undue risk. I hope that you don't take this the wrong way. Take Care and have fun!
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Diving Alone- Get Re Certified
- Thread starter FatBoy
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JungleReaver
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I have to politely disagree, but wonder if you can provide specifics as to why the rule of having a dive buddy is absolutely dire to dive by. it seems to have become one of the "ten commandments of diving" if you will.
as a fresh baby new diver, i can see how having a dive buddy at this point in my training and experience can be important, especially since i havent yet had technical difficulties underwater.
but beign an advanced diver ( 500+ dives, nitrox and trimix certified and maybe even rebreather cert) wouldnt necessarily require a dive buddy unless they are going to be somewhere they arent comfortable with, or re in a place where tech diving is the main priority.
other than all that, having a dive buddy doesnt seem all that important especially if you know the area, have some experience, know what you are doing, etc etc.
just my two cents
even though this is in another thread already
as a fresh baby new diver, i can see how having a dive buddy at this point in my training and experience can be important, especially since i havent yet had technical difficulties underwater.
but beign an advanced diver ( 500+ dives, nitrox and trimix certified and maybe even rebreather cert) wouldnt necessarily require a dive buddy unless they are going to be somewhere they arent comfortable with, or re in a place where tech diving is the main priority.
other than all that, having a dive buddy doesnt seem all that important especially if you know the area, have some experience, know what you are doing, etc etc.
just my two cents
even though this is in another thread already
Lou from downunder
New member
If after a few dives you still feel you cant dive without a buddy, then its time you gave diving away!
Lou.
Lou.
I figure I'm somewhere in the 200-300 dives range and although I enjoy diving with my buddies...sometimes they just aren't available. Also there are a couple places I dive that the vis is less than 3'...we actually tried at first to stay close together at these locations...but it was just impossible without being tethered to each other. I feel that diving as evolved to some degree away from that rule. I DO believe that you need to be experienced before you wander off on your own...but only you will know when that time comes for yourself.
prospector 55
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I have been a certified diver since 1975 open water and advanced NAUI, and have thousands of hours under water alone with no problems ever, when you are diving with a buddy you always lose contact esp in turbid water, the last diving fatality here in WA state happened to a college student fom College Place Wa in Pugdet Sound this summer, she was with a group of divers,they still have not found her body,buddy system really worked there, you want to depend on your skills and knowledge and a good dive plan, not on the notion that someone else might save you! Of all the fatalities I have seen in the last 33 years, all of the divers were with buddy divers, remember to have a good backup system I always carry an extra 6CU foot pony tank and a Aqualung reg, I like to keep my dives at less than 60 feet after that everything looks like a black and white movie, where there is light in the ocean there lots of marine life to enjoy, as far as I am concerned diving alone is just as safe as with a buddy.
grumpyolman
New member
I second that diving alone is OK. I got 'qualified' to dive from a college course before they had certifications. One has to be not stupid. I dove every Sunday for about 5 years in Puget Sound with 4 other divers. Visibility sometimes was 3' and other times it was 15'. Either way, it only takes about two kicks to be out of someones visual range. It seemed like we spent all our time trying to keep track of each other. I too use a pony tank and spare regulator. I retrospect, it was probably a good idea to try to stay together when we first started diving but after awhile it was senseless. I dove alone for years on Lake Washington, with SCUBA, working an underwater metal detector. I rarely found much stuff over waist deep and I figured if I could stand up where I was diving, I was relatively safe. I think other things, like how you respond to critical situations you have encountered in life, are another important predictor of what you will do when it gets hairy. For example, if you are a rock climber or traverse glaciers, or sky dive, work high rise construction, are a law enforcement officer or a fire fighter, etc., and get practice and rehearse emergency action to keep yourself safe in other environments you probably have an edge becoming a safe solo diver. On the other hand if you live a sedentary life with little exposure to dangerous situations, you probably ought to dive with somebody all the time