Anonymous - 10/26/2008 7:47 PM
I find myself solo diving more often than not lately. The few times I’ve dove with a "dive buddy" that I’ve met on a boat, I end up waiting for them to prepare to enter the water, hold up while they bob up and down because they miscalculated their weight, can’t equalize, grope along the bottom destroying the viz. When we finally end the dive, it starts all over again... shoot to the surface, blow their safety stop, struggle to get on the boat. I dive with redundant gear and prepare for a solo dive most times now, unless I have a dive buddy I’ve been with before and know their style and qualifications.