diving alone

[miketsp]

that's blasphemy, and goes against all that is holy.. :11:
..snip..

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

 

[htn123]

Scuba, mostly with my kids and dive buddies.

Freedive/spearfishing, mostly with others but once we hit the water, each on our own. Don't want to accidently shot the other guy

 

[Green_Manelishi]

How many of you experiened or non experienced divers, dive alone?

With or without a buddy?

 

[alcina]

With or without a buddy?

Ummm, I think "alone" means sans bud?

 

[2TH DIVR]

99% solo

 

[Green_Manelishi]

Ummm, I think "alone" means sans bud?

Not necessarily. I've done too many dives with "buddies" that took off as soon as we were in the water. Not a comforting thought when either they or I had no experience at the site. Under specific conditions, solo diving can be less stressful and less potentially dangerous than "buddy" diving.

 

[htn123]

Not to be off the topic, but one time, I saw this guy in lake Travis here in Austin, surfaced, by himself, with a full rig on his back and then a FULL rig on his hand. I mean, bcd, 80cf tank, prim reg, octo, the whole nine yard.

He was diving by himself and drag that whole thing as a back up :11: or he could have stripped someone under water for the set up

ok, back to the topic

 

[Dive-aholic]

Not to be off the topic, but one time, I saw this guy in lake Travis here in Austin, surfaced, by himself, with a full rig on his back and then a FULL rig on his hand. I mean, bcd, 80cf tank, prim reg, octo, the whole nine yard.

He was diving by himself and drag that whole thing as a back up :11: or he could have stripped someone under water for the set up

ok, back to the topic

Now that's redundancy Someone needs to tell that guy about dual bladders, doubles, etc!

Or...maybe S&R needs to do some training there and see what they come up with...


As to the main topic of the thread...I've dived alone with and without a buddy. Sometimes you just want to dive and there's noone to dive with. Other times, like in a recent trip to Belize, you're diving off the boat with a group of other divers and good photos are just impossible close to the group. I found myself about 80' from the group on one dive and ended up getting some great shots of a school of spotted eagle rays. They would never have gotten that close if anyone else was around me. Even though I could still see the group, the surface was closer.

 

[Mike Veitch]

I do it all the time. I have enough troubles with my own bubbles in a photo, nevermind someone else.

Should i mention my regular (almost daily) long (12-30min) unplanned deco stops here too? Damn mantas just don't pay attention to my computer...

I am a Bad bad diver...

 

[vladimir]

Like many photographers, I dive solo as much as possible.