Solo diving.. thoughts

[DanBMW]

hello all
im a new diver
ive had 23 open water dives
and have done over 70 in the pool . i just love being under water
i live in minnesota were our dive season is not long .
thats why im doing a dry suit certification
i will be solo dving this year
sence i dont have a dive buddy . i desided to do some solo dives .
i plan on doing a max of 25 feet in a very familure place
i want to do some under water photos of some very agresive blue gills
lol i hope i don't get eaten whis me luck
i do have a stag bottle i carry straped to my bc
and catherine96821 i bet you never have trouble finding a dive buddy
lol me bad
thanks all

I would suggest not for way too many reasons.

 

[bradshsi]

i will be solo dving this year
sence i dont have a dive buddy . i desided to do some solo dives .

Another one who was schooled by that famous dive instructor Charles Darwin ?

 

[Zeeman]

Responsibility for self.

Z...

 

[Curt Bowen]

I dive with groups of divers all the time, but often find myself alone either on the wall or inside the wreck shooting photos. So, I guess I dive solo even with 4+ others in the water.

If I was worried, I guess I would not wonder off on my own

 

[Cacia]

have you heard of a new classification? "Solo Divers with Partners". We are advocates of self-suffiency, personal responsibility but we enjoy diving with others of like mind who have agreed to never go after our assets. We are a small elite group but our membership is growing exponentially. We enjoy all benefits of buddy diving without any of the disadvatages.

 

[Curt Bowen]

have you heard of a new classification? "Solo Divers with Partners". We are advocates of self-suffiency, personal responsibility but we enjoy diving with others of like mind who have agreed to never go after our assets. We are a small elite group but our membership is growing exponentially. We enjoy all benefits of buddy diving without any of the disadvatages.

No, I have not heard of this group. Most of the people I dive with are very experienced divers who I do not have to worry about. So wondering off by myself is accepted and probably expected.

I do like to have a model most of the time, if needed for wide angle.

I looked at your web site

Very nice work

Advanced Diver Magazine has a section in each issue called "Featured Photographer"

This section does not pay any money to the photographer, but does give them a 3-5 page full color layout just about them and their photography. ADM has around 20,000 readers each quarter

Would you be interested?

Curt Bowen

 

[Diver Dennis]

I'm in Catherine. That can be our new Mission Statement. Solo Divers that sometimes dive with partners.

 

[Cacia]

ooooh, yea. My site has not been updated for awhile....so you can make me famous? That sounds really fun. thank-you for the compliment.

We are kind of kidding about the solo group...we are planning on starting one, you know, give ourselves some much need legitamcy! :14:

 

[victor]

If I am buddied with a photographer then I assume that for the most part I am diving alone, if they are planning to shoot macro then even more so. The only exception is that there is another source of air close by. The photographer will be very focused on finding, staying close, staying still, etc for long periods of time and will not be watching out for me.
I think there is nothing wrong with this as long as we both realize that this is the situation and dive accordingly. If I have dived with them before and know their approximate air consumption relative to mine it makes life easier otherwise I have to position myself to read their gauges at various points in the dive.
Now when I have my camera as well then the situation is very similar to solo diving.

 

[captain]

Spearfishing also fits into the solo with buddy situation. Many of my dives are spearfishing at the offshore oil rigs. Although my buddy and I may enter the water together we will go different directions to hunt and can be seperated by as much as 200 feet. One of us will usually return to the boat before the other. I seldom dive completely alone but I consider all my dives solo because of the distance of seperation from my buddy. Buddy may not be the proper term to use in this situation because it gives the impression of a buddy team that is not doing what a buddy team should do. May be paired solo is a better term.