Really?? Do you realize going to a "high octane of O2" at depth can lead to oxygen toxicity?
solo dive definitions?
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Really?? Do you realize going to a "high octane of O2" at depth can lead to oxygen toxicity?
sidemountman
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beautiful this section ... I'm only going for so many years, since my first training.
Just dive into the water means to me and just do all the dive alone. gas planning, dive profile and equipment not only for me and for a possible rescue. Always avoid crossing other divers.
Usually, when I go alone, there is always someone on the ground for any help if I go beyond the agreed time.
Only go down from 5 years with the configuration sidemount I believe the best security.
Here in Italy I dive into the lake with very cold water (6 °) and significant depth. Often Trimix and nitrox for deco. Even at sea I go alone, but always with the support boat.
I bring with me a pocket with necessary tools to fix hoses and dispensers, pliers, a knife, two computers on the gauge, depth gauge (Magic 300), tables, 2 Spool ....
The Solo Dive is a lifestyle choice. IMHO.
Just dive into the water means to me and just do all the dive alone. gas planning, dive profile and equipment not only for me and for a possible rescue. Always avoid crossing other divers.
Usually, when I go alone, there is always someone on the ground for any help if I go beyond the agreed time.
Only go down from 5 years with the configuration sidemount I believe the best security.
Here in Italy I dive into the lake with very cold water (6 °) and significant depth. Often Trimix and nitrox for deco. Even at sea I go alone, but always with the support boat.
I bring with me a pocket with necessary tools to fix hoses and dispensers, pliers, a knife, two computers on the gauge, depth gauge (Magic 300), tables, 2 Spool ....
The Solo Dive is a lifestyle choice. IMHO.
I dive both buddy & solo, depending on the circumstances.
sometimes it's convenient to go into the water at the same time as a friend & sometimes i will bump into him in the water, but i like to have someone to chat to on the boat when waiting for other (s) to have their dive.
there is always someone manning the boat when i dive - it comes to me, i don't swim to it.
rarely i solo dive on a site with other divers, but usually i try to avoid other divers.
if i came across someone in distress i would try to help, but my safety is paramount!
i do not have a certificate, but neither have i a certificate for using a dry suit, a twin set, wreck diving etc i don't collect badges.
sometimes it's convenient to go into the water at the same time as a friend & sometimes i will bump into him in the water, but i like to have someone to chat to on the boat when waiting for other (s) to have their dive.
there is always someone manning the boat when i dive - it comes to me, i don't swim to it.
rarely i solo dive on a site with other divers, but usually i try to avoid other divers.
if i came across someone in distress i would try to help, but my safety is paramount!
i do not have a certificate, but neither have i a certificate for using a dry suit, a twin set, wreck diving etc i don't collect badges.
r4e
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Normally it isn't difficult to identify a solo dive: enter alone, dive alone, exit alone - often without any other divers on the site.
However, last week I spent doing archaelogical research on a 200-year old wreck 100 ft deep. My "buddy" was a diver with two decades of dive experience and we soon reached silent mutual agreement. We would drop to the wreck together, but then perform our separate tasks without seeing each other (visibility 10 ft and working 50-150 ft from each other) until the about 20 minute deco on the line. Due to differences in deco obligations, we made our separate exits. Should anything have gone wrong, self rescue would have been the only option.
Now I am wondering should I log these dives into my log book as buddy dives or solo dives? Or should I open a new category "same ocean same day" or "solo diving with a buddy solo diver"?
However, last week I spent doing archaelogical research on a 200-year old wreck 100 ft deep. My "buddy" was a diver with two decades of dive experience and we soon reached silent mutual agreement. We would drop to the wreck together, but then perform our separate tasks without seeing each other (visibility 10 ft and working 50-150 ft from each other) until the about 20 minute deco on the line. Due to differences in deco obligations, we made our separate exits. Should anything have gone wrong, self rescue would have been the only option.
Now I am wondering should I log these dives into my log book as buddy dives or solo dives? Or should I open a new category "same ocean same day" or "solo diving with a buddy solo diver"?
You were diving solo.
ericdiver
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I have a bunch of dives in my logbook where the "buddy" space lists "group solo", because the buddy checkouts and planning were so sparse or nonexistent, and there seemed to be no interest on anybodies' part in actually making any attempt to really keep track of any buddies during the dive. Kind of the norm really and the reason I turned to solo early, more honest and safe to just train the skills and carry the gear and take care of myself.
I would have become solo eventually anyway for the flexibility and freedom and my own personality, but what passes for "buddy diving" on the trips I've been on is just deception. Maybe I've just had bad luck picking dive ops or prospective buddies.
Eric
I would have become solo eventually anyway for the flexibility and freedom and my own personality, but what passes for "buddy diving" on the trips I've been on is just deception. Maybe I've just had bad luck picking dive ops or prospective buddies.
Eric
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Waterpirate...I hear what you saying,I solo in a quarry and often there are other divers going about training course dives, for me I am there to explore and I suppose it's likely that I might come across another diver...the said quarry is about 1.5km's around, has road levels in it, was an old quartz quarry before they struck water, bottom is at 42mt's, side roads are at 6mt's, 15-18mt's, 27-33mt's and then to the bottom, total light penetration is all of 2% down there, thermocline is at around 18mt's and another at about 30mt's...I tend to stick to my own route and dive but you bring up a good point...what to do if on a deep long exposure dive and I come across a diver who is short of air ? the first thing that comes to mind is put onto mine and get going for the surface...but thats also full of what ifs....my air...deco...and all that aside what table is the diver in trouble on...cant just drag them to "safety" and they need to do multiple deco stops !!...suppose the long and short is to carry a spare cylinder around for the extra.."what ifs"...
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