Pool Buddy

[Heffey]

I have read a few threads about whether to log pool dives or not and it has got me thinking.
Where do pool dives fit in?
I guess what I really want to know is, do you feel that it is necessary to have a buddy for a pool dive?
Jeffrey

 

[The Kraken]

Not to give a smart-butt answer, but have you ever heard of anyone drowning in a pool??????

In most cases it's important to have another diver in the pool with you. Why??? Most of the people in the pool, if not all, have no idea of what you're doing other than being a scuba diver in a pool. Should you have a problem and be exhibiting distress actions, the common swimmer is not going to have a clue that you are in peril, but your pool diving buddy will.

If, God forbid, something goes horribly wrong, you're in the deep end and can't become positively buoyant, you may possibly die.

Should you have a pool buddy? In my opinion, yes.

the K

 

[mixdiver]

Should you have a pool buddy? In my opinion, yes.

the K

If I logged all my pool dives with students. I would have five times as many don't worry about logging them IMHO.

 

[Rick Murchison]

"Never swim alone" is a good rule. I'm not saying I never violate it, but it's a very good idea to have a safety around whenever you're in the water - Scuba or not.
Rick

 

[The Kraken]

One of the main reasons for my position on this matter is that we belong to a LDS that has a pool. The pool is the first place I experiment with any new gear or a major reconfiguration of my existing setup.

If anything goes wrong, I want someone there to help out if necessary.

I don't want several 10 or 11 year olds standing at the edge of the pool saying, "Wow, that's kewl!!!" while I'm drowning.

the K

 

[RonFrank]

I have read a few threads about whether to log pool dives or not and it has got me thinking.
Where do pool dives fit in?
I guess what I really want to know is, do you feel that it is necessary to have a buddy for a pool dive?
Jeffrey

Pool dives do not *count* as diving experience ever if they are an excellent way to train, and keep up skills.

I'm not sure one needs a BUDDY in the traditioinal sense of the word in the pool, but swimming alone is never a great idea.

Our LDS has camera's that monitor the pool, but does anyone pay that close attention to them? I generally like to have another diver in the pool with me even if I have done it alone.

 

[El Orans]

Dive with a buddy!

 

[Rec Diver]

Not to give a smart-butt answer, but have you ever heard of anyone drowning in a pool??????

Yes! This past summer in New York. He was a 6' 2", 38 year old instructor with 5000 dives to his credit. Drowned in shallow end of pool. I believe there was a thread on the Scuba Board regarding his death.

 

[Damselfish]

Yes! This past summer in New York. He was a 6' 2", 38 year old instructor with 5000 dives to his credit. Drowned in shallow end of pool. I believe there was a thread on the Scuba Board regarding his death.

Seeing as he's for having someone around, I think that was his point, that people do drown in pools. Rhetorical question...

 

[Heffey]

Interesting.

The scuba club I am considering joining has access to a pool and they have a buddy is a must rule in the pool.

I was interested to see how the concept of a pool dive being too inconsequential to log but too dangerous to do without a buddy would fair out.

I now see that it is a swimming alone issue not a diving issue.

I guess my wife is right about never swimming alone. Good god, I hope she doesn’t read this. :11:

Jeffrey