OK, 'fess up.... the Dark Side of Solo...

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I take it you dive in a wet-suit... Or at least I hope you do! :wink:

Yeah I always dive wet, let me rephrase, yes I dive in a wet suit as opposed to a dry suit that um- becomes wet:cool2:
 
I like being able to go as fast as I want from point A to point B without the oldsters complaining at me later :wink: When I'm swimming out to something specific, sometimes I just want to get there. We dove a wreck this morning with a 22-minute swim out there through open water (at 20 ft in a 100+ ft harbor full of jetskis) and I caught no end of grief for leading too fast. So, I dove another site solo this afternoon and got to just blast out there as fast as I wanted (~10 minutes out in 35 ft, a good 5 min. faster than with buddies).
 
I like being able to go as fast as I want from point A to point B without the oldsters complaining at me later :wink: When I'm swimming out to something specific, sometimes I just want to get there. We dove a wreck this morning with a 22-minute swim out there through open water (at 20 ft in a 100+ ft harbor full of jetskis) and I caught no end of grief for leading too fast. So, I dove another site solo this afternoon and got to just blast out there as fast as I wanted (~10 minutes out in 35 ft, a good 5 min. faster than with buddies).

Actually I'm just the opposite. I wanna go super slow and it seems like everyone else wants to fly.
 
I can either dive or be a buddy (babysitter), I cannot do both... and I love to dive.


Yeah I always dive wet, let me rephrase, yes I dive in a wet suit as opposed to a dry suit that um- becomes wet:cool2:

This has to be the toughest skill to master.

Changing between the wetsuit and the dry in the same day, and remembering whether you're allowed to 'warm' yourself... ;D
 
I don't always dive solo, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.
Just kidding here

I hate babysitting.

It gives me bragging rights when I see something nobody else did.

Because I'm not worried about anyone else's excitement level, I can explore a single rock for 20 minutes counting the numbers of species on it, then recount it just to be sure.
 
Solo, you can spend 30 minutes in 5 ft viz looking at crayfish and rocks and just groove.
 
Solo, you can spend 30 minutes in 5 ft viz looking at crayfish and rocks and just groove.

And what's (who's?) more groovy than crayfish!
 
I like when you're on a dive trip and you give the other secret-solo guy on the boat "the sign" that says "see you under the boat in an hour...". Nary a word is spoken and the anal DM never knows that you broke HIS rules. :)
 
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