Another Reason to Dive Solo

[DiverJoe]

I agree with the necklace, but i like the detachable pony too. breathe the 2nd and hand them the seperate pony, keeps the paniced (now breathing) diver at a safer distance.

[cummings66]

The necklace isn't DIR. A tech diver who's not DIR would also use a necklace, even recreational divers us it. So if you don't want to be called DIR don't worry about it, anybody who says you're DIR over that doesn't understand what it's about.

I personally like it being there, keeps the reg clean and available for immediate use, and unlike some buddies I've dove with it's not dragging throught the muck.

[RoyN]

Sometimes a photographer and another diver doesn't mix well.

[FyVe]

Originally Posted by newways

Truth or not. I'd hate to get sued for 4.5 million.

i'd hate to get sued period.


i've seen this before somewhere, dont know exactly where it was tough, but it seemed a bit more clear than that link posted. sad either way.

[clayton]

That is the reason my wife is my dive buddie,Ihope she will do her best to keep me safe as i do for her.

[cummings66]

Some additional food for thought. A spouse as a dive buddy might make you do more to save them if something goes wrong and instead of one fatality we'll have two, and if you have kids now they have no parents.

Same goes for diving with your kids, what parent would not in a heartbeat give their life to save their kids life?

Food for thought.

[ferrugia]

Maybe choose better friends is a safer alternative

Originally Posted by No Misses

Check out this story. It is just another reason why people dive solo.
CDNN :: Dive Buddy Killed Scuba Diving Husband Says Widow

[Scotttyd]

speaking of this, does anyone know if a diver has ever ruled against in a court of law due to an accident to the diving partner? ex. My buddy has a problem, I did not do anything to hurt him, either I tried to save him or I simply did not help to my full ability?

[Gallienus]

I like to solo dive as I don't have any dive buddies. One several occasions I was paired up with other people or groups of people. It seems that this can be more dangerous than diving solo.

My 1st ever open water dive (1994) in Cozamel, my buddy just bought all the top of the line equipment. The dive shop shop organizing the trip told us they would provide all the equipment. They gave me a regulator & a tank. I had no depth guage of any kind: just a pressure guage. My dive buddy (with all the computers & stuff) just took off down to 125' and all I could do is follow him around. He wouldn't even look to see if I was following. This is actually pretty typical of many of these paired up buddies.

Another dive, I lost a fin (used open foot fins back then) in a sunken sailboat in 28' of water. My parter wanted my attention & I wanted to find my fin. To get my attention they just grabbed the hose on my regulator and just ripped it out of my mouth. Not the regulator: this was still in my mouth but the HP hose was pulled off. Fortunately I managed to reattach the hose.

After surfacing my nemisis was not done with me. For some reason they wanted my arm and they grabbed my diver's watch ripped it straight off my wrist and flung it into the sea.

When diving solo don't go below free ascent depth ~30ft. Thus with an equipment failure one can return to the surface.

[imasinker]

Originally Posted by cummings66

The necklace isn't DIR. A tech diver who's not DIR would also use a necklace, even recreational divers us it. So if you don't want to be called DIR don't worry about it, anybody who says you're DIR over that doesn't understand what it's about.

I personally like it being there, keeps the reg clean and available for immediate use, and unlike some buddies I've dove with it's not dragging throught the muck.

So true, I don't know how many countless video's I have seen on youtub and others where divers octo's are dragging behind them. Pictures of charters where dive gear set up and regs laying on the deck ready to be stepped on. Mine is on a bungee, close and always there. Everyones different. As stated it is not a DIR thing.

As for suing someone, it is pretty hard to prove your responsible in this kind of situation unless you have eye witness accounts, such as the story of the guy who's newlywed wife died ( drown) at the great barrier reef. One things for certain, if people start suing and winning, It will change diving and how we buddy up big time.