SOLO Diving

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Interesting topic. While I fully agree with Joel's position, I arguably have done a few solo dives (2 times tied a float to training platform, 1 time retreived it). I just don't like diving without a buddy. I don't carry a backup air supply, my buddy does that (and I carry his and if we both fail that's probably an indication that neither of us should dive). But mostly I like the comraderie. It's no fun to get to the end of the dive and not have the "Did you see that, no I couldn't because you stired up the silt ;D). It's just more fun as well as being more safe. As far as eye contact, I only directly make eye contact about every 30 seconds, and sometimes a bit longer if I have my camera. But then again, I like to stay VERY close to my buddy. If I can't touch my buddy, I'm too far away. If we lose vis, my hand is on my buddy. I may not see them, but I can feel them. Because of closeness, I can almost always keep them in my perifial view (still not an excuse not to make eye contact), and if there is a problem solution is less than 5 seconds from being addressed.