KY_BOB
Contributor
Just my $.02: 3 at the most. If there's 4 make it 2 sets of buddies. If the 2 buddy groups stay together, fine. If they split up, you still have no worries. It's too much to keep up with 3 people.
That said, I'm not opposed to solo diving but if an inexperienced diver get separated from a group and nobody knows it, it could be bad. Unless all of the group is capable of diving solo (double everything), there should be 2 person buddy teams. Heck, there could be 3 or 4 2 person buddy teams traveling together but there should be one person that knows that your the one to come to in the event of trouble and you should stay close enough to them to come to their aid.
Again, that's my $.02 and it's probably overpriced.
That said, I'm not opposed to solo diving but if an inexperienced diver get separated from a group and nobody knows it, it could be bad. Unless all of the group is capable of diving solo (double everything), there should be 2 person buddy teams. Heck, there could be 3 or 4 2 person buddy teams traveling together but there should be one person that knows that your the one to come to in the event of trouble and you should stay close enough to them to come to their aid.
Again, that's my $.02 and it's probably overpriced.