Solo diving

[BIGSAGE136]

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[dkktsunami]

:shakehead

This is solo diving with the added elements of stress, increased workload and complication.

Do you see how dangerous your attitude is? First, you denounce solo diving (good call for you, btw) and then you say you would take on a solo dive with additional complication. Your confusion is as dangerous as it is apparent. You are willing to compromise your own safety standards? Why?

Big ditto here.

 

[CBulla]

See - in this case its an explaination which clarifies what is being asked.

PF does state that he would do it if he was familiar with the area, dive, and conditions.. that does eliminate quite a bit of the stress and complications as he'd have a familiarity with entire situation.

 

[slackercruster]

I solo dive frequently because this is very enjoyable to me. I find joy and solitude on a solo dive and I am much more at ease alone. I keep air consumption rates in my log book and solo dives inevitably provide a lower scr than diving with a buddy.( I also enjoy buddy dives and I think solo diving has led me to be a better, more conscientious partner.) I am, however, prepared for solo diving and use a pony bottle for back-up. My guess would be that solo recreational divers have no worse of an injury rate than buddy divers, and maybe even superior performance because of practice and comfort in the water. Many of the so-called "solo injuries" are cases of buddy separation which puts the shoe on the other foot.

conscientious partner???


Myself? I get distracted easily with the camera and forget my partner. I do not make a good partner in general. Although, I am over conscientious with checking air pressure, maybe even compulsive at it. Guess it stems from my soloing. Yes, soloing can add stress as well as relaxation as you mentioned above. Although seldom have I had partners on vacation dive boats where they remind me to check air pressure other than the DM. I did come in handy as a partner one time on a 100 ft dive at Catalina where my partner's tank came loose from her BC and I had to replace it.

 

[scubarealtor]

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.

 

[pilot fish]

See - in this case its an explaination which clarifies what is being asked.

PF does state that he would do it if he was familiar with the area, dive, and conditions.. that does eliminate quite a bit of the stress and complications as he'd have a familiarity with entire situation.

I certainly would not attempt a dive into a total unkown without a backup. You clearly understood my response. If I did not know the wreck, the area, or the conditions involved in the dive, I would hardly be of help to any other diver on the boat as a candidate to tie in. Hopefully Herby will read your post and a light blub will ignite ? MY guess is he pretends not to understand so he can rant.

Thank you, Colin.

 

[dherbman]

See - in this case its an explaination which clarifies what is being asked.

PF does state that he would do it if he was familiar with the area, dive, and conditions.. that does eliminate quite a bit of the stress and complications as he'd have a familiarity with entire situation.

Complications can change from one splash to the next. Stress and workload are also variables. If vis is less than nominal, you can stress over finding the tie off point. Fighting the anchor line, current, a slight leak in your mask and a loose fin strap would not be an uncommon scenario a diver would need to be capable of dealing with.

Being "familiar with the wreck and water" is certainly a good thing, but it's a very small part of what would be required to safely make the bounce and set the hook/tie off.

Regardless of ones comfort or proficiency, this is a solo dive. If a person who has voiced strong opinions against solo diving seems to think this is the case to make an exception, I'd have to question what other compromises that person is willing to make.

 

[dherbman]

I certainly would not attempt a dive into a total unkown without a backup.

lol A backup WHAT? You are volunteering to do a solo dive and have no clue of what you are volunteering for.

 

[pilot fish]

Complications can change from one splash to the next. Stress and workload are also variables. If vis is less than nominal, you can stress over finding the tie off point. Fighting the anchor line, current, a slight leak in your mask and a loose fin strap would not be an uncommon scenario a diver would need to be capable of dealing with.

Again, Herby, these were addressed in my response. If I knew the conditions and felt comfortable with them, I would help out. But ONLY if I thought I could do it safely and knew the area. You seem unduly perplexed.:shakehead

Would you tie into a wreck you did not know, under conditions you were not certain of? Since you advocate solo diving, how would you go about that kind of a tie in dive, Herby?

 

[pilot fish]

lol A backup WHAT? You are volunteering to do a solo dive and have no clue of what you are volunteering for.

groannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, pony bottle, you know, BE ABLE TO GET MYSELF TO THE SURFACE IF i HAD TO ALONE.

Let me go a wee bit slower for you, old chap. I would not volunteer, IN THE FIRST PLACE, for a dive I was not able to handle. Why is this not getting through to you?:shakehead