dtdiver
Contributor
"a buddy makes recreational diving a more pleasurable and safer activity. Ideally, you should dive with a regular dive buddy whose habits and skill level are compatible with yours and from whom surprises at depth will be limited"
sounds like a rather rational and reasonable idea.
practically (and from experience) speaking, it is also true!!
notice the terms "recreational" and "compatible"
if you are a good diver and your dive buddy is a novice and you expect his SAC and skills to match yours, they won't and the dive will be a novice dive, period.
!unless! the more experienced diver lowers his expectation and commits to helping the less experienced diver, so it becomes enjoyable for both.
it seems not every diver has an attitude to do this, so they should only dive with "compatible" buddies.
dt
sounds like a rather rational and reasonable idea.
practically (and from experience) speaking, it is also true!!
notice the terms "recreational" and "compatible"
if you are a good diver and your dive buddy is a novice and you expect his SAC and skills to match yours, they won't and the dive will be a novice dive, period.
!unless! the more experienced diver lowers his expectation and commits to helping the less experienced diver, so it becomes enjoyable for both.
it seems not every diver has an attitude to do this, so they should only dive with "compatible" buddies.
dt