Definition of Solo Diving

[texdiveguy]

Originally Posted by WV Diver

I see solo diving techniques becoming part of your basic open water cert. someday. When, I'm not so sure, but it is coming. ....... I believe this should be at the core of all training, even when you happen to be diving with a friend (buddy). .............. Good training and good practice using solo techniques can never replace the best buddy in the world.

I am thinking it is a way down the road till solo tech's are part of mainstream o/w cert. courses.

I agree that solo diving is a much more accepted offering for divers today.

My 'best buddy' is my solo diving skills and proactive non complacency diving I involve myself in.

[BSea]

Originally Posted by texdiveguy

I am thinking it is a way down the road till solo tech's are part of mainstream o/w cert. courses.

I agree that solo diving is a much more accepted offering for divers today.

My 'best buddy' is my solo diving skills and proactive non complacency diving I involve myself in.

While I agree that solo diving is becoming more mainstream, I doubt any of the agencies will ever publicly say this is acceptable. There are just too many lawyers around for that to happen.

My definition is making a dive solo without a buddy of any kind. I quite often dive solo, although I generally don't push the depth too much in those situations.

[Coaster]

We all must approach all dives as solo dives even with your closest buddy....if you would not or could not execute the dive solo than its not the dive to go on. Stop-Think-Act. IMO[/quote]

Hey...this makes sense.

[yankeefan21]

I don't know - I'm not a big fan of the whole solo dive. Where's the joy in that? The dive itself is only 1/2 the fun - the other 1/2 is sharing that experience with someone.

Maybe if you are a videographer. Even then, though, if you have a good buddy that doesn't scare fish, you've got another set of eyes to find that elusive seahorse.

[fire diver]

Originally Posted by yankeefan21

I don't know - I'm not a big fan of the whole solo dive. Where's the joy in that? The dive itself is only 1/2 the fun - the other 1/2 is sharing that experience with someone.

Maybe if you are a videographer. Even then, though, if you have a good buddy that doesn't scare fish, you've got another set of eyes to find that elusive seahorse.

I LOVE the peace and solitude of a solo dive. No one getting in my way, no one to get an eye on, no one blowing out the vis. Just me, the water, and the fish.

Think about this.... When you sit and day-dream about diving, are you picturing other divers around you? or just the thoughts of you diving, and the sights of your imagined dive site?

FD

[deepdiver47]

FD I am with you. Especially if you have a camera as you ARE diving solo

[yankeefan21]

Originally Posted by deepdiver47

FD I am with you. Especially if you have a camera as you ARE diving solo

As I said above, I can definately see myself giving a concession if I am filming. If I'm filming, I'm probably going to share my video with someone to try to get them excited about diving or ecology or conservation or whatever. This goes back to my feeling like I need to SHARE a dive with someone.

I guess I can see what you are getting at, though, FD. I haven't had too many occassions to visit the same site more than a couple of times but if I've already shared it, I might consider doing a solo dive to see what comes out when my buddy isn't scaring everything away...

[cgvmer]

Solo is when you are not dependent on anyone else and more importantly no one else is dependent on you.

[mm_dm]

Originally Posted by cgvmer

no one else is dependent on you.

That's the part I like.

[Bring the Payne]

Never had really thought about it but I guess it's true that courses really teach you things based upon having a buddy and what they can do for you. Teaching you to depend upon yourself as the priority and using your buddy as a backup wouldn't be a bad way to do it.

As for the original question, I consider solo diving as diving completely alone with no one near by.