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Wondering what restrictions there are on solo diving in Maine waters ?
Thanks for any information, Ron
I would avoid state parks, national seashores, national parks (they don't allow solo either) and other controlled access areas if you want to dive anything besides single tank no deco diving.
Not in Maine now, but hope to visit in the future. I just remembered what happened in California when I drove for hours to dive at Point Lobos state park and was turned around at the gate because of no dive buddy. I guess they have their reasons, but I don't get it.
Acadia National Park (our only NP) has no regulations pertaining to scuba diving except the universal "take nothing" rule. We have been there several times diving, including some solo with favorable ranger interactions.
As for the state as a whole, Scott's mention of state parks is the only thing I know of. Odds are as a visiting guest here you would not bother diving a state park.
Pete
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Many of us are cheap bastards and can't afford the boat dives every weekend. Much of the scenic diving is against the shore in 35-45' range. There are a lot of guys that buddy up, but there are also a lot of us independent [don't like the developing tech term SOLO] divers that dive same day/same ocean conditions. We are in the vicinity of each other doing our own thing down there; whether it be photography, underwater beachcoming, searching for lures/weights, "communing with nature', whatever, whatever. We kind of watch out for each other and are always willing to get involved and help if something goes wrong. But when you are in these shallow depths, and you have done it enough and have the redundancy, then you have a fairly good chance of not getting in serious trouble. It is as dangerous as you make it. If you go to the popular local sites you will more than likely see several independent divers anywhere you go. It does not seem to be as frowned upon as much as it used to be. If you come up and go to a new site you've never been to, stay in the shallows, there is plenty to see and a lot of fun to be had in 15'.Wondering what restrictions there are on solo diving in Maine waters ?
Thanks for any information, Ron
I would avoid state parks, national seashores, national parks (they don't allow solo either) and other controlled access areas if you want to dive anything besides single tank no deco diving.