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#2904
Diving Solo
AOW_dude - 9/06/2010 12:41 AM
Category: Survey
Replies: 101

Most of us are on here because our only option is to dive with a buddy. Some divers prefer having more than one option (and most of them are not on this site for an obvious reason). Diving without a buddy, what’s your take on this?
#127
joeh9845 - 8/08/2019 10:42 PM
[Choose #4] As a former commercial diver I solo dove all the time. I still solo dive if I don’t have a buddy.
#147
MJ_Kiss - 10/12/2014 9:49 AM
[Choose #4] I’ll dive solo if it is a shallow dive (say, 20 ft) where I can pop up to the surface, and there are other divers around. I won’t go below 30ft without a buddy - too much risk.
#387
rflesher - 7/25/2013 5:40 PM
[Choose #4] I dive solo more than I want to admit, however I plan the dive as if I have half the gas that I do. Set strict limits (time and depth), and let someone know where and when I plan to be out. A redundant back up is a must
#315
scuba165 - 3/17/2012 12:16 AM
[Choose #5] I’ve made over 300 solo dives and i’m here on this keyboard telling you about it. what does that tell ya.
#375
ATLDIVER - 2/09/2011 10:26 PM
[Choose #3] Iv’e only dove with a buddy on certification dives.I dive solo with a pony.
#92
jar5755 - 2/08/2011 1:22 AM
[Choose #2] i need somebody to blame stuff on lol
#423
tkcj - 1/30/2011 5:24 PM
[Choose #1] No No NO
#281
ohioyscuba - 12/31/2010 8:40 AM
[Choose #4] Do it everytime I take a group of students into the water. The other times diving solo weren’t much fun since there was no one to share the experience with.
#572
greysquirrel - 12/18/2010 9:19 AM
[Choose #2] not only safer but you have someone to share the experience with and another pair of eyes to look for stuff
#228
Waterskier1 - 12/12/2010 3:05 PM
[Choose #4] I’m not concerned by the cert....but I do have technical diving training which stresses self reliance with failures
#23
DBJ - 11/22/2010 6:08 AM
[Choose #3] I would like to have the cert, but not for the intention of just solo diving.
#337
silent - 11/12/2010 12:17 AM
[Choose #4] night diving for lobster w/ dive buddy.....is like solo diving.....pony bottles
#552
Dtwel - 11/11/2010 4:05 PM
[Choose #4] Lifes short Dive Solo!!
#95
ScubaJoe00420 - 10/18/2010 8:59 AM
[Choose #4] A seperate pony bottle system is a must for solo diving...aswell as extra caution and planning.
#787
Mavricky - 10/13/2010 10:39 PM
[Choose #3] Can’t say I did because I don’t have a solo card but 30 percent of the time, shallow, pony in toe
#5471
DiveBuddyChgo - 10/07/2010 11:33 AM
[Choose #4] I enjoy solo diving cause its very relaxing to Me.
#2955
OcalaJim - 10/04/2010 11:21 AM
[Choose #3] Even diving with a buddy... I only truly trust myself
#1404
chazrich - 10/02/2010 11:08 AM
[Choose #2] Part of diving for me is the social aspect of it. Guys who dive alone probably drink alone too.
#2242
MDW - 9/22/2010 7:36 AM
[Choose #5] I got solo cert 2 years ago. Started doing many solo dives this year, but only in the very familiar waters of Dutch Springs. Out in the great unknown I prefer a team of 3.
#1729
bhtmec2 - 9/18/2010 7:33 PM
[Choose #4] Only to recover items at docks etc...... Diving alone is not the best thing to do.
#65
OtterinDC - 9/18/2010 4:13 PM
[Choose #4] I know it is risky...but I grew up diving alone
#3240
daz88 - 9/18/2010 8:12 AM
[Choose #4] most of my diving is solo. nothing dangerous or scary about it. Fun to dive with friends, but most of the time looong slow dives taking pix. So boring for other divers. Very relaxing solo diving.
#1347
Pixel - 9/16/2010 1:13 PM
[Choose #2] Not only is it dangerous, but also no fun to dive alone. Way better to share the fun and laughs with someone.
#8590
dalehall - 9/12/2010 10:07 AM
[Choose #4] I’m self reliant, but I’d rather have a buddy with me just to share the moment. But if there is no one, I have no problems getting wet anyway. No Solo Diver cert in PADI, no cert needed.
#6109
HogLifer - 9/10/2010 2:29 PM
[Choose #5] You need to be self suficient at some point, I dive alone most of the time. Your not a pilot untill you have soloed.
#825
GB - 9/09/2010 2:05 PM
[Choose #4] as a DM, I always dive solo. I have no one looking out for me. As for no one else in the water with me... do it lots
#21
locksmith - 9/09/2010 1:01 PM
[Choose #5] At a certain point a buddy becomes a liability.
#1523
knightddiver - 9/07/2010 10:40 PM
[Choose #4] I have done it before and more than lilkely would do it again, I did have backup air supply and was near shore (not that it matters). I would rather dive with a buddy but sometimes, well it happens.
#506
steelheadfish - 9/07/2010 10:39 AM
[Choose #4] you always need to be prepared to take care of your own issues, wether there is a buddy or not. What happens in low viz and your buddys gone? Your now dving solo be prepared
#5700
dirtguy49 - 9/07/2010 9:29 AM
[Choose #2] I dive mainly wrecks - nice to have aBuddy along
#38
warmwater - 9/06/2010 9:23 PM
[Choose #3] Divemasters and Instructors are often for all without a qualified buddy and therefor e solo divers with responsibility to the diver(s) they are with.
#11850
TColJeep - 9/06/2010 6:22 PM
[Choose #3] Dive solo consistantly here in the Northeast. Also dive with redundant gear, including bail out bottle, extra mask, etc... along with additional training.
#4586
Jen-Michael - 9/06/2010 5:45 PM
[Choose #5] Solo dives are SOP around here.
#4853
Granitehawk - 9/06/2010 3:44 PM
[Choose #4] I think it is not advisable but sometime it just happens, was not the most comfortable dive i have done
#5748
scubaTim50 - 9/06/2010 7:39 AM
[Choose #2] I don’t get to dive often and really don’t know alot about diving. but I think diving alone would be rather foolish and stupid.