Capnsnott
Contributor
I have had to look at my diving in a new way in the last few months. I dive almost entirely with my brother, we know each other so well that communicating under water is like sitting on the shore talking. But, there have been more occasions lately where he was not around and I didn't have a buddy. So here goes.
I dive double AL80s (w/ a manifold) unless I'm assisting in a class. When I do anything deep (60'+) I carry my 40 (more for practice). But, I have ended up doing some shallow solo dives for various reasons and started wondering about having the 40 with me more often.
I found it's more enjoyable for me to drop in and out when diving with a group and I don't have a buddy. The three's a crowd thing comes to mind here. In most cases we may only be 30' - 50' down. Is this a bad practice to get into if there are newbie divers around? I don't want to give anyone new the idea they should do it and I don't just go out to the lake and solo.
So here is the pony question.....
Is there any good reason for clipping on my 40 for shallow solo dives? Or for dives 80' and shallower? I have solo'd one time in the Blue Hole, it was more to spend some time at 10' breathing off my 50% before the trip home. But I did drop down to the hump to un do the platform. Otherwise, I haven't been to many lakes around here that you can go below 40'. I really don't see a reason for it, but I could be missing something here.
Thanks
Greg
I dive double AL80s (w/ a manifold) unless I'm assisting in a class. When I do anything deep (60'+) I carry my 40 (more for practice). But, I have ended up doing some shallow solo dives for various reasons and started wondering about having the 40 with me more often.
I found it's more enjoyable for me to drop in and out when diving with a group and I don't have a buddy. The three's a crowd thing comes to mind here. In most cases we may only be 30' - 50' down. Is this a bad practice to get into if there are newbie divers around? I don't want to give anyone new the idea they should do it and I don't just go out to the lake and solo.
So here is the pony question.....
Is there any good reason for clipping on my 40 for shallow solo dives? Or for dives 80' and shallower? I have solo'd one time in the Blue Hole, it was more to spend some time at 10' breathing off my 50% before the trip home. But I did drop down to the hump to un do the platform. Otherwise, I haven't been to many lakes around here that you can go below 40'. I really don't see a reason for it, but I could be missing something here.
Thanks
Greg