While I agree that the OP is not sufficiently experienced to dive solo there is a tendency to over analyze and over complicate things on this forum.
Many of us have been life long solo divers, since I was a child I have dived solo. At first my mother, laugh as you like, would sit in the boat or dock or on shore and yell my name constantly to see if I was okay. Later she gave that up and away I went. And this was before BCs and spgs. I do not know at what point somebody is ready to dive solo, it is not a magic number of dives or even some canned course. It depends upon the ability to fiend for oneself, to understand limits, read the water (conditions) and exercise reasonable caution and to if need be, rescue yourself.
I do not believe in relying upon layers of equipment, I rely instead upon myself. The surface is my redundancy. I carry minimal equipment, I depend upon my strong swimming skills and a solid
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While I agree that the OP is not sufficiently experienced to dive solo there is a tendency to over analyze and over complicate things on this forum.
Many of us have been life long solo divers, since I was a child I have dived solo. At first my mother, laugh as you like, would sit in the boat or dock or on shore and yell my name constantly to see if I was okay. Later she gave that up and away I went. And this was before BCs and spgs. I do not know at what point somebody is ready to dive solo, it is not a magic number of dives or even some canned course. It depends upon the ability to fiend for oneself, to understand limits, read the water (conditions) and exercise reasonable caution and to if need be, rescue yourself.
I do not believe in relying upon layers of equipment, I rely instead upon myself. The surface is my redundancy. I carry minimal equipment, I depend upon my strong swimming skills and a solid level of physical fitness/stamina.
Sorry about the previous post. My apologies if I am hijacking this thread. I can't figure out how to start my own thread.
Nemrod brings up an interesting point- minimalist solo diving. The more I solo dive the more gear I put on. My first solo dives were shallow 30 ft or less in a wetsuit with no pony. Now I dive a Drysuit, 40, reel and lift bag. 3 cutting devices. The more gear the more task loading. I'm wondering how others dive? What are the essentials. Is less equipment simpler and thus safer? Thoughts?
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