The Chairman
Chairman of the Board
It's OK. My first instructor never got into the water with us. Yelled at us from the side of a pool and then let us dive without him in a blackwater lake. Of course, he wasn't a 'real' instructor with a diploma. Just a Master Cheif diver who had no idea how to teach. I didn't have a guide for over 30 years and I never died.Let me rephrase so that I don’t come off as condescending or over-confident. I, personally, wouldn’t make this dive without a guide. Not now, not when I had 12 dives post OW. I’ll let more experienced people give advice.
Know your limits. Respect your limits. Go explore.