Solo Skills

[waterpirate]

Hi, not to sound like a broken record or re-hash the obvious, my suggestion to you is to dive dive dive dive dive dive dive dive. Practice skills in the ow enviroment you plan to dive. Doff and don, and mask skills, reg recovery, valve drills are easy in a pool, try that in 80fsw and low vis and now you are building learned behavior that you can rely on. Just IMHO
Eric

 

[vablackwater]

Just a different perspective, but maybe think of having the skills you need before considering going solo. A solo diver is a self sufficient diver (and I also think it makes a better dive buddy). I think you would want to have the skills, equipment, and the experiance to where YOU are comfortable being independant. That means you alone have the responsibility to get a good plan, stick to it, and be fully able to adapt to whatever Mr. Murphy throws your way.