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Depends on where you live - in Scotland it tends not to be an issue

co2 hit, I'm not convinced I'd be able to swap to oc and bail out even though it's very straight forward. Other than that, the only mishap I've had was swapping reels with someone else underwater while he went back, and looping myself into it knowing I was the only one left on the wreck (M1)...

I'm not sure even then that a set number of dives is any indicator of how well someone will cope on their own, I've dived with some real muppets with way more dives than that, and equally with some with less who I'd trust far more. Only when you are honest with yourself can you have any idea...

What do you define as 'proper training' for solo diving. I'm not aware of any training, including the so called certification courses that can prepare you to do this, it is more something that is a gradually evolves, and is as much sorted out in your head than anywhere else - you cannot teach...

I used to have a custom diver reel, it self jammed itself on a regular basis, eventually I lost it on a wreck, and didn't bother going to look for it. This summer I borrowed someone elses reel ( he headed back, leaving me the reel on the wreck) and while trying to wind it back in, it self...

Mainly in the UK, mostly around Shetland,Orkney Caithness areas. Occasionally dive abroad, but would be far more likely to head for Norway/Faroe/Iceland from here than sunnier climes

Funny, I read it, and thought it was very like the mindset that works around here - which is 3000 miles from where he is. Our trips locally are 2 or 3 divers, we know each other extremely well, and further afield are up to 10 - of which I'll normally know most of, and have dived with most...

Depends on exactly goes wrong really - in all cases the majority of things going awry I can deal with - however in the hills/cliffs around here I almost never see anyone if I'm out on my own, similarly with boats I can be in an area and not see another boat for hours close inshore -...

I don't think that's the case at all. I live and dive in Northern Scotland, and for deeper stuff, the commonest way to dive is in loose pairings or solo - in a pair each diver will configure and think through a dive, with a view to being self sufficient in the event of a failure - no-one is...

I've got a 1987 conshelf se2 that I still use reasonably regularly and have never had a problem with, even though it hasn't been serviced for at least 3 years now - although I tend to use it only for shallower single cylinder stuff. If it's still working fine and is serviced, then spending the...

I've spent many years diving, sometimes in kelp,sometimes in rough entries, sometimes off a boat in current - I have yet to find a reason to take a snorkel with me - unless like tomorrow I'm going snorkelling with my youngest - for all the above reasons. it's far better just to leave your...

That equates to around 1/230, which is very similar to the 1/200 quoted for scapa flow, which by the us definitions would appear to count as 'tech', although in the UK would be counted as 'rec'. I'd be interested to know what the figures were for multi-day 60m+ diving, as there is often someone...

The line taken by most charter boats is that if you book on a boat, then it's up to you to ensure you are capable of doing whatever is planned. I've never had any of my log books/cards checked on any boat I've used, the skipper's view is that if they check you, then they have mroe responsibility...

I've often flown after about 16 hours from multi-day deep diving weeks, never had a hint of a problem, however I do stick to high He gas mixes in a RB, and if there was any sign of trouble before I'd wait for the (14 hour long) ferry home instead. The flights to here are all Logan air/British...

It depends, as far as I understand it Al 7's are imported from somewhere, and and I've had problems replacing mine in the past, although I currently have a couple of Al7's - they are a complete pain to get tested, as no-where locally does them, and they have to wait till I'm in Aberdeen. As for...

What tables are you using to get them to agree with a computer? - my computer broke before Xmas, I meant to do something about it, but it really hasn't affected my dives at all, so I'm not planning on bothering any more

I find it odd that whenever this argument crops up, the shipping lane thing is almost always the answer, yet it works every week for extended deco's in the English Channel, which is used every now and again by the odd freighter/ferry. For most wrecks shallower than 60m or so, bagging off works...

There is more to the UK than London, regardless of what those in the BBC would have you believe. I live in the northern most bit of Scotland, where prices have always been higher, as fuel has to come up by tanker. My monthly fuel bill is somewhere around the £200-300 mark, so $40 seems...

Depends on what you mean by stratospheric rises really - as far as I know your fuel costs are still _way_ under those in Europe. I paid 96.5p/l( works out around $7/gallon) for diesel this morning, which is only marginally higher than this time last year - I drive a Toyota Hilux, expensive, but...

It all rather depends on who you're diving with and what the agreement was before you went in. If I'm instructing, then no matter what I'll stay with them, no exceptions. If, like sunday, I was diving with a close friend, I got cold before he did, so waved cheerio, knowing he was going to be...