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??If someone was big and strong enough to do that to me, then I would simply remember to keep my distance safely at all times.
These circumstances rarely if ever occur however it would seem.
What is the Minimum you want from a Buddy?
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There are non-physical ways to be injured or killed underwaterThanks to weightlifting and wrestling.
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No matter how big and strong a person is, in an emergency situation, knowing the proper methods of safely handling the other diver outweigh his/her strength and build. Knowledge transcends build and strength in any situation. Proper positioning, training, and calmness is everything!
I've had 100's of "insta buddies" and ask only two things, discuss the dive and follow the dive. I'll decide if I want to do an other dive and usually do keep the same buddy for the trip.
I've also learned to listen very carefully. If my insta buddie is unsure, and no other buddy is available, I'll dive solo.
I've had 99% good results with the "insta buddie" system.
I've also learned to listen very carefully. If my insta buddie is unsure, and no other buddy is available, I'll dive solo.
I've had 99% good results with the "insta buddie" system.
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I find I am totally in synch with many of you here. Iykorigos seems to be closest to where I am and I assume he would be a great guy to dive with.
We all have our horror stories but I will just share this 'Buddy' story with you:
I took a young guy down to the '*****house' in Jervis Bay its a great dive with a series of close backed caves or large overhangs. On this dive it was full of Port Jackson sharks breeding maybe a couple of hundred of them and I lay in one of the caves with some of them, other PJ sharks landed on top of me until I was almost covered in them. Great experience.
End of the dive and we were last up. One of the dive groups had secured the anchor to a rock as the sea was very bumpy. I checked his gauge which was OK and sent him to the surface whilst I undid the anchor which was stuck. I got it free finally and looked up only to see the 'buddy' there beside me with eyes like saucers and frantically signalling OOA. I gave him my occky which he started to drag huge amounts of air from. I started our ascent from 29m and got him up to 20m trying to calm him down all the time. He wouldnt even try his own reg for air and we were getting dangerously low on air. I got him up to 5m and figured I might get 2 min safety stop if I was on my own at this point I grabbed my occy back and moved away and he swam to the surface. I managed a one minute SS and then exited. He was very pissed with me taking my occky away from him and forcing him into a CESA and complained to the dive operator about me.
His reason for staying down was 'I thought you might get into trouble'
We all have our horror stories but I will just share this 'Buddy' story with you:
I took a young guy down to the '*****house' in Jervis Bay its a great dive with a series of close backed caves or large overhangs. On this dive it was full of Port Jackson sharks breeding maybe a couple of hundred of them and I lay in one of the caves with some of them, other PJ sharks landed on top of me until I was almost covered in them. Great experience.
End of the dive and we were last up. One of the dive groups had secured the anchor to a rock as the sea was very bumpy. I checked his gauge which was OK and sent him to the surface whilst I undid the anchor which was stuck. I got it free finally and looked up only to see the 'buddy' there beside me with eyes like saucers and frantically signalling OOA. I gave him my occky which he started to drag huge amounts of air from. I started our ascent from 29m and got him up to 20m trying to calm him down all the time. He wouldnt even try his own reg for air and we were getting dangerously low on air. I got him up to 5m and figured I might get 2 min safety stop if I was on my own at this point I grabbed my occy back and moved away and he swam to the surface. I managed a one minute SS and then exited. He was very pissed with me taking my occky away from him and forcing him into a CESA and complained to the dive operator about me.
His reason for staying down was 'I thought you might get into trouble'
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What the hell is GUE? never heard of it.You probably would not like GUE then very much.
My friends who are GUE often say to me "as long as you have a buddy then why not depend on him?"
I try not to argue with them unnecessarily however. After all we do dive a lot together.
But I do completely believe in being buddy independent.
Go Under Essentials?
sorry I should be more respectful.
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Wow - glad I'm not the only one. So many of these posts indicate "close contact" and such things. I want some space - I don't want to be bumping into anyone either. I think 3m (10' or so) is plenty close enough in clear waters (shrink as necessary, up to and including holding hands in really crappy viz). Takes all of a second to swim 3m if necessary anyway - and keeps me far enough away that if you DO have some problem, I have time to "stop, think and act" rather than simply trying to react to someone pulling my reg out of my mouth or using me as an underwater island or whatever. Besides, I like to stetch out - and not have to worry about bumping into someone
Right on Brother! I have finally gotten my wife to stay a good 15ft away and my main dive buddy will be within 30ft or so and even that is close enough for both of us. And like you said, you can cover quite a few feet in a matter of seconds if need be.
A buddy team can see and find so much more interesting stuff when they spread out!
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