Courtney smith
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Hello! Ive been certified for about 15years but havent been out in about 7. Looking for a partner to dive with@Dutch Springs Friday Aug24th to restart diving!!
Partner needed! Dutch Springs
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evilcorvette
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Ill be there on Saturday the 25th. I'm a noob diver with only about 6 dives so far, but Id be more than willing to partner up with you if you plan on diving that day. Ill be diving solo (as my wife doesn't dive). I did call Dutch springs and ask about what would happen if I was without a partner, the kid on the phone said there is almost ALWAYS divers going in and there's ALWAYS someone to pair up with.
evilcorvette
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I'm out of town until next week and have spotty internet service. Ill be arriving the morning of the 25th and plan a one tank dive for Saturday and MAYBE on Sunday if time permits. We will be camping there as well. If anyone wants to link up, Ill try and find a way to post my contact information. (I don't know how the personal messaging works on this forum yet.)
Caveeagle
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New diver with only 6 dives planning a solo dive. I would be a little surprised if Dutch Springs would allow that.
I know it can be a little frustrating when you don't have easy access to motivated buddies, but I humbly suggest you reconsider this.
evilcorvette
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Not quite sure if we are on the same sheet of music here. I don't have a dive buddy to pair with but plan on meeting someone there. I spoke with Dutch Springs and they said its a very busy weekend and there's usually more than a few 'odd men out' looking for partners. I'm not planning on diving solo, but I am hoping to pair up with someone when I get there.
Caveeagle
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No issues here with your clarification. Reread your post saying "I'll be diving solo", it sounded like your intention was to be in the water without a buddy.
Nothing against solo diving when done properly with true redundancy, and enough experience to handle it.
Even if you don't find stragglers, you can probably jump in with a group. (responding to the above - Dutch Springs has a posted statement that they do not allow solo diving without proper certification... but evilcorvette was responding to a thread looking for a dive buddy. His phrasing may have been unfortunate; but it was pretty clear he wasn't going in alone)
evilcorvette
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Yep. I stand corrected. My phrasing could have been better.
So anyways, hopefully Ill find a group of more experienced divers who will take me under their wing.
So anyways, hopefully Ill find a group of more experienced divers who will take me under their wing.
They don't.
Well... You have to be solo certified and rent a locator beacon. They try to make it as difficult as possible.
It is much easier to just find someone to dive with. There is always someone looking for a buddy at Dutch on divebuddy.com.
Edit:
I saw the clarification of no intent to solo dive in later posts but what I wrote above is still accurate.
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