CoCo View Solo Diving
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I usually go for two weeks at a time. "Herself" just does one. So that extra week, I have a pretty set schedule for surface interval. Most times it doesn't mesh with others at the resort as they may be distracted by the evening rum punch or good conversation.
Me? I'm in the water doing a shore entry at 20:00, 22:00 and sometimes (but rarely) 02:00 hrs.
When my wife isn't there, it is mostly solo after the 8 p.m. dive. If you ask around, it's pretty easy to get a dive buddy for the 8 p.m. dip, but it gets tougher after 9 p.m.
In that the shore dive is so good and easily accessed, it is really not uncommon to see lights under the breakers of CCV wall at 1 a.m. and all through the night.
As far as allowing this or that practice, you are asked to advise the DM what you are planning and when. That's about the totality of restrictions. If you do not tell them in advance, you might well be restricted for a time~ so always speak up and "file a dive plan".
Other than that, you are treated like big kids and responsible for your own safety.
Pretty much so like it ought to be.
Representing the same shore dive, aka: the Front Yard, the below images....
I usually go for two weeks at a time. "Herself" just does one. So that extra week, I have a pretty set schedule for surface interval. Most times it doesn't mesh with others at the resort as they may be distracted by the evening rum punch or good conversation.
Me? I'm in the water doing a shore entry at 20:00, 22:00 and sometimes (but rarely) 02:00 hrs.
When my wife isn't there, it is mostly solo after the 8 p.m. dive. If you ask around, it's pretty easy to get a dive buddy for the 8 p.m. dip, but it gets tougher after 9 p.m.
In that the shore dive is so good and easily accessed, it is really not uncommon to see lights under the breakers of CCV wall at 1 a.m. and all through the night.
As far as allowing this or that practice, you are asked to advise the DM what you are planning and when. That's about the totality of restrictions. If you do not tell them in advance, you might well be restricted for a time~ so always speak up and "file a dive plan".
Other than that, you are treated like big kids and responsible for your own safety.
Pretty much so like it ought to be.
Representing the same shore dive, aka: the Front Yard, the below images....
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CODMAN
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That must make it easier to locate the corpse afterwards...
Just kidding! To each his/her own!
jkling17
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You can do as you like. My favorite place to solo is Coco. Much of the time I'm with my buddies (more eyes are better to find all the best critters) but on those long "drop off" dives, I'll often really really take my time and other divers get ahead of me so I sometimes end up solo (and catch up with them later on the Prince Albert). Or, I'll regularly do my drop-off on Menagerie instead of Newmans or CocoView Wall - morning or afternoon. Incredible fun with no real need to go deeper than 30'. Sometimes I'll spend tons of time floating along in less than 10' on top of the reef - great place to solo. I've done menagerie/newmans like 100 times and never tire of it.
CODMAN
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As I said to each his/her own. But personally, I'm against solo diving. I think it's an unecessary risk. But that's just my oppinion...
I wonder if the certifying agency Cocoview deals with knows about this practice of letting divers go solo? I doubt they'd endorse it...
I wonder if the certifying agency Cocoview deals with knows about this practice of letting divers go solo? I doubt they'd endorse it...
No one is asking anyone to endorse it. Personally, I think insta-buddying is an unnecessary risk.
jkling17
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+1. No one is asking PADI etc to endorse solo diving. It's really none of their business or their concern. Just like it is none of BMW's business if I sometimes exceed the speed limit in my MINI.
"Unnecessary Risk" is a relative term. The chance of my having a catastrophic equipment failure that I can't handle on my own in 10-30' on Newman's Reef at Coco is far less than the chance of personal risk that an inexperienced insta-buddy might present.
But that's not to say that I do not dive with newer divers or even lead dives with them - I do. But, it's by choice, not mandate. At Coco, we get to pick whom and when to buddy up w/ a stranger based on our own degree of comfort with them and the risk that they might present to themselves or others.
I've led a fair number of "1st night dives" at Coco, and it was my pleasure to lead those dives and give back a bit to the community.
"Unnecessary Risk" is a relative term. The chance of my having a catastrophic equipment failure that I can't handle on my own in 10-30' on Newman's Reef at Coco is far less than the chance of personal risk that an inexperienced insta-buddy might present.
But that's not to say that I do not dive with newer divers or even lead dives with them - I do. But, it's by choice, not mandate. At Coco, we get to pick whom and when to buddy up w/ a stranger based on our own degree of comfort with them and the risk that they might present to themselves or others.
I've led a fair number of "1st night dives" at Coco, and it was my pleasure to lead those dives and give back a bit to the community.
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