Solo diving

[dkktsunami]

In the example given I would bounce to tie in a line for a few minutes, in familiar water, on a wreck I knew, and in conditions I felt comfortable with. I would then join the other divers and my buddy. We would have worked out the details ahead of time when to connect. It's a gesture I would do for the boat to help out.

A solo dive to view the fishes would be a longer dive of perhaps an hour, alone at depth. I dont have the proper gear to spend that amouint of time alone so I would not attempt it. Hope that answers your question. Jon?

Arrogant but entertaining.

 

[pilot fish]

It really doesn't answer it for me. Thanks, though.

You're welcome

 

[Diver Dennis]

In the example given I would bounce to tie in a line for a few minutes, in familiar water, on a wreck I knew, and in conditions I felt comfortable with. I would then join the other divers and my buddy. We would have worked out the details ahead of time when to connect. It's a gesture I would do for the boat to help out.

A solo dive to view the fishes would be a longer dive of perhaps an hour, alone at depth. I dont have the proper gear to spend that amouint of time alone so I would not attempt it. Hope that answers your question. Jon?

Shouldn't you have the proper equipment to spend ANY time alone?

 

[serambin]

Almost all of the commercial divers I know dive and work solo. Solo diving does have some increased risks, but if approached conservatively and with proper experience and training, it offers additional rewards.

Many cert agencies are looking at offering solo specialty courses and in my opinion, this will increase the number of active divers.

Diving is about acceptable risks and their management. Unless you are a professional (and in most cases even then), you dive because you want to, not because you have to. So, you have increased your risks with your OW certification and with each additional dive you do.

You have your level of acceptable risks and I have mine. I don't speed in autos, I don't take illegal drugs and I don't play pool in red-neck bars (anymore) because I find these risks unacceptable. However, I do dive solo, and you know what, it's my life and my choice and I've been doing it for 40 years. Like the man said, "so far, so good."

Stan

 

[Kim]

.......and I don't play pool in red-neck bars (anymore)

:rofl: Sounds like there's a story there.....

 

[BIGSAGE136]

I feel safer on my solos than I do negotiting 1-95 out of Downtown Miami at 5:00. Maybe DMV should review the standards and mandate a shotgun driver? The stats would hold up I'm sure. Besides concealed carry is legal, with papers, and you can dust someone because he frightened you. Thats the law by the way not an exaggeration.

 

[BIGSAGE136]

i thought i have never solo'd before, but i've never really considered that if you are some distance from your buddy you are essentially solo diving.

based on that i'm not sure if i have ever buddy dived. even on my AOW checkout dives the DM was holding hands with the hot chick and i hanging back several meters following them.

Ahk Hkha!

 

[BIGSAGE136]

pronounced aaaaaaahhhk kaaaaaaaa! Quickly, you gotta be a native

 

[Marvel]

.......and I don't play pool in red-neck bars (anymore)

:rofl: Sounds like there's a story there.....

I've known some mighty fine pool players to come out of Louisiana- I'd suggest you decline if he asks you to play a little one pocket, Kim...

/hijack

Yeah... sometimes people have a paradigm shift. I gave him an explanation that made a good case for times when one would solo dive. The result is he is willing to shift and admit there are times when doing a solo dive is acceptable. When he admits there appear to be times when a solo dive OK and that he'd engage in it himself if he felt comfortable with the conditions or dive, he's called a bigot instead of being applauded or acknowledged for being open to the idea.

I don't want to sound rough, but this isn't the first time I've seen this happen to PF and I don't believe its fair for him to be the target of baiting or trolling by others just to get a reaction.

I have to agree with Colin here. It seems as if some of you have decided that PF is wrong no matter what he says. First, it was obvious to me that he did not understand the terminology that was being used- hook into a wreck. Then, when he understands the term, he looks at the purpose with an open mind & decides that this is an acceptable exception to his personal decision not to solo dive & says that he will do that if certain conditions are met so that he is diving within his personal comfort zone- something that we should all be doing, IMHO. Please, folks, lighten up a little & stop the baiting.

 

[dherbman]

I don't want to sound rough, but this isn't the first time I've seen this happen to PF and I don't believe its fair for him to be the target of baiting or trolling by others just to get a reaction.

A bit off topic for this thread, but I'd love to discuss this one a bit further. PiFi the victim? Interesting.