JackOfDiamonds
Jewish Space Laser Operator
Hello everyone,
Recently i have considered taking up Solo diving for numerous reasons, chief among which is the trouble of finding dive buddies in the last minute (I dive very spontaneously ) and also following a recent and very heated argument with my current dive group over a very bad dive.
(To make a long story short, i have witnessed who was to me the most prominent role figure when it comes to diving absolutely loosing it and halting the entire dive group in the most dramatic way possible because his dive computer died on him at 3 meters depth... and no, we did not pass 3m, was a very shallow dive. There were a lot more things that went on that night but lets not get too deep into that).
Problem is when i looked into it, at least in my country of residence (Israel), Diving insurance will NOT cover you in the event that any thing happens if you dove Solo.
Basically i wanted to ask, is the insurance situation a problem for people in various other locations in the world? if so, how do you go about this? go anyway and hope for the best ? or perhaps, look for an insurance that will allow solo diving? (How ever i don't think that exists around here).
I've even heard stories about people that went Solo Diving around here only to have their licensed revoked by the Israeli Dive Federation (I did not get certified trough them so i'm not as worried but still).
P.S. - Most of my dives around home are shallow under 10 meters (to go deeper around here you need a boat), so im not worried about getting slapped with a bill of a Deco Chamber, and when i think about it there isn't that many other things that a Dive Insurance might come in handy with , but im kind of torn and not sure how to go about this.
Any tips or advice's from Solo Divers would be much appreciated !
Best Regards, Shachaf.
Recently i have considered taking up Solo diving for numerous reasons, chief among which is the trouble of finding dive buddies in the last minute (I dive very spontaneously ) and also following a recent and very heated argument with my current dive group over a very bad dive.
(To make a long story short, i have witnessed who was to me the most prominent role figure when it comes to diving absolutely loosing it and halting the entire dive group in the most dramatic way possible because his dive computer died on him at 3 meters depth... and no, we did not pass 3m, was a very shallow dive. There were a lot more things that went on that night but lets not get too deep into that).
Problem is when i looked into it, at least in my country of residence (Israel), Diving insurance will NOT cover you in the event that any thing happens if you dove Solo.
Basically i wanted to ask, is the insurance situation a problem for people in various other locations in the world? if so, how do you go about this? go anyway and hope for the best ? or perhaps, look for an insurance that will allow solo diving? (How ever i don't think that exists around here).
I've even heard stories about people that went Solo Diving around here only to have their licensed revoked by the Israeli Dive Federation (I did not get certified trough them so i'm not as worried but still).
P.S. - Most of my dives around home are shallow under 10 meters (to go deeper around here you need a boat), so im not worried about getting slapped with a bill of a Deco Chamber, and when i think about it there isn't that many other things that a Dive Insurance might come in handy with , but im kind of torn and not sure how to go about this.
Any tips or advice's from Solo Divers would be much appreciated !
Best Regards, Shachaf.
