RhodeDiver
Contributor
I went diving with a local club last weekend. I was given an insta-buddy by the club representative because we were both going to hunt for lobsters. I was fine with it seeing its always nice having someone around under the water. Plus we are both legally required to carry our own flags here in Massachusetts while lobstering. (which worked to my advantage)
We started our dive and we were going along when I saw and caught my first lobster of the year. Afterwards I stop at some kelp to put in my bag to keep the lobster safe from his friends if I caught more. My "buddy" swam past me while I was doing this. I go to look for my buddy after that. Gone. I swim in the directions they went in... nothing. I go back to the spot I was at and putter around for a few minutes. nothing. I gave up and went about my dive. It was a nice dive. 61 minutes 52 degrees 20 foot vis, only one lobster tho.
After the dive my "buddy" tells me that they couldn't go look for me at the surface because of problems with their ears. I just nod. I gave up caring about it at that point.
So I do like diving with a buddy but find it super annoying when they just take off. I am comfortable enough to just let them go, because who wants to spend a hour trying to find your buddy 20 time. Just say you don't want a buddy and be done with it.
This isn't the first time something like this has happened to me and I am sure it won't be the last. Every time it has happened it has always been by someone who had to tell me how I should be doing things before the dive.
The one thing I always take away from these incidents is to be able to handle your stuff.
We started our dive and we were going along when I saw and caught my first lobster of the year. Afterwards I stop at some kelp to put in my bag to keep the lobster safe from his friends if I caught more. My "buddy" swam past me while I was doing this. I go to look for my buddy after that. Gone. I swim in the directions they went in... nothing. I go back to the spot I was at and putter around for a few minutes. nothing. I gave up and went about my dive. It was a nice dive. 61 minutes 52 degrees 20 foot vis, only one lobster tho.
After the dive my "buddy" tells me that they couldn't go look for me at the surface because of problems with their ears. I just nod. I gave up caring about it at that point.
So I do like diving with a buddy but find it super annoying when they just take off. I am comfortable enough to just let them go, because who wants to spend a hour trying to find your buddy 20 time. Just say you don't want a buddy and be done with it.
This isn't the first time something like this has happened to me and I am sure it won't be the last. Every time it has happened it has always been by someone who had to tell me how I should be doing things before the dive.
The one thing I always take away from these incidents is to be able to handle your stuff.