Found him ~3 miles out after an hour of searching

[gopbroek]

We had a diver get ensnared in fishing line yesterday. Took 2 of us to untangle him

Which dive site?
See you tomorrow

 

[jbjclj]

Palancar gardens

 

[Shawn C]

I've never seen a dive operator that allowed a diver to dive without a buddy or to dive 20 or 30 feet above the other divers. I've dove Cozumel 5 times and the operators I've used don't require computers, but strongly suggest them. Personally, I don't ever want to dive without one. Now, as far as buddies go, some are great, some are good, some are OK and a few are awful. I travel alone, so I am at the mercy of who I get assigned to. But I always stay close and check in. I prefer it when I get to have the same one and hopefully get a good one. And I pretty much glue myself to the group.

There have been multiple times where my wife and I have been well above the other divers. If we think that there are noobies or others with poor buoyancy control, we won't do swim-throughs unless we are at the front (which is rarely where we are). I'll let the DM know that we're going up and over and meet them on the other side. Sometimes I'll stay high (maybe not 20') to conserve some air when my wife starts breathing through her gills. We've never had a problem doing this with several dive ops.

 

[ggunn]

I've never seen a dive operator that allowed a diver to dive ... 20 or 30 feet above the other divers.

I've never known a dive op to expressly prohibit it.

 

[gopbroek]

I've never seen a dive operator that allowed a diver to dive without a buddy or to dive 20 or 30 feet above the other divers. I've dove Cozumel 5 times and the operators I've used don't require computers, but strongly suggest them. Personally, I don't ever want to dive without one. Now, as far as buddies go, some are great, some are good, some are OK and a few are awful. I travel alone, so I am at the mercy of who I get assigned to. But I always stay close and check in. I prefer it when I get to have the same one and hopefully get a good one. And I pretty much glue myself to the group.

I am my own buddy and often do not see another diver till I surface and signal the (or a) boat.
Depends on your comfort level and the OPs comfort level with you. My wife has explicit instructions that if I do something stupid and it all goes south, no blame game on others after the fact. I am an adult, I make my own choices and one of the the things I enjoy about diving is the solitude and not having a nanny or worse a Karen around.

 

[Bookworm11]

Well, there are very many dive operations in Cozumel, and I've dove with 3. Everybody has their own comfort levels and I certainly am not going to tell people what to do or not do. I'm a lawyer, and that makes me naturally cautious. I also only has 194 dives, and I know there are people here have dove thousands of times.Everybody is always free to do what they are comfortable with, and I never meant to imply otherwise. I'm sure the vast majority of posters on this forum are highly experienced divers.

 

[Snoweman]

I've never seen a dive operator that allowed a diver to dive without a buddy or to dive 20 or 30 feet above the other divers. I've dove Cozumel 5 times and the operators I've used don't require computers, but strongly suggest them. Personally, I don't ever want to dive without one. Now, as far as buddies go, some are great, some are good, some are OK and a few are awful. I travel alone, so I am at the mercy of who I get assigned to. But I always stay close and check in. I prefer it when I get to have the same one and hopefully get a good one. And I pretty much glue myself to the group.

You might want to try another operator. I've never been assigned a buddy in CZM when I wasn't diving with a friend. I've gone up to the surface several times by myself and well out of eyesight of the DM.

 

[BRT]

You might want to try another operator. I've never been assigned a buddy in CZM when I wasn't diving with a friend. I've gone up to the surface several times by myself and well out of eyesight of the DM.

Kind of depends on the diver. Once they figure out you can dive they watch other people.