Hi, Thanks for all the good post you have made. - I have been following the solo forum for a while, because i knew that one day, i would be in a situation where i could not round up a buddy for a dive...
It happened today, so i took my usual gear which consists of BP/W, individual dobb. AL80, and doubled up on knife, SMB and reel.
Went to my usual beach dive spot, 14 m deep, 25 meter surface swim, and artificial reefs (read junk), which im very familiar with. I chose to do 4 x 30 min dives, rather than 2 or 3 60 min dived which i normally do with buddys who mostly dive single tanks.
I did less swimming than usually, accented at half my usually rate and took 5 min safety stops... Everything went fine. I used more air than i would on a buddy dive, even i did not feel nervous or stressed about the situation.
At the end of my 4th dive other divers actually showed up at the site, we had the usual talk about temp and vis, they asked about the ID setup, which they had never seen before, and never seemed to register that i was diving solo.
I'm glad that i did it, i would for sure do it again, should i end up in a similar situation.
It happened today, so i took my usual gear which consists of BP/W, individual dobb. AL80, and doubled up on knife, SMB and reel.
Went to my usual beach dive spot, 14 m deep, 25 meter surface swim, and artificial reefs (read junk), which im very familiar with. I chose to do 4 x 30 min dives, rather than 2 or 3 60 min dived which i normally do with buddys who mostly dive single tanks.
I did less swimming than usually, accented at half my usually rate and took 5 min safety stops... Everything went fine. I used more air than i would on a buddy dive, even i did not feel nervous or stressed about the situation.
At the end of my 4th dive other divers actually showed up at the site, we had the usual talk about temp and vis, they asked about the ID setup, which they had never seen before, and never seemed to register that i was diving solo.
I'm glad that i did it, i would for sure do it again, should i end up in a similar situation.
