CAPTAIN SINBAD
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How useful has it been? How many times have you been asked for it on dive boats and quarries etc. Thanks.
For those who carry Solo-diver certification card?
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Basking Ridge Diver
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Never and it does not work for the quarry in my area - you have to rent a pinger - so I never go there. There are plenty of lakes that require a dive buddy and no solo - so I abide by those rules. The viz is great and it is not a hassle to find someone that wants to dive.
NJ boats do not care if you are solo - they expect that you are self reliant and it is up to you to stay safe.
Vacation diving I have entered the water with 2 and come out as 1. I have not had an issue to date.
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I have lent my card out to an instructor who did not have one and needed one... So one time it came in handy - he has not given me the card back yet...
NJ boats do not care if you are solo - they expect that you are self reliant and it is up to you to stay safe.
Vacation diving I have entered the water with 2 and come out as 1. I have not had an issue to date.
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I have lent my card out to an instructor who did not have one and needed one... So one time it came in handy - he has not given me the card back yet...
Never presented a solo card or needed one yet.
Once I was initially asked for it in Ireland, a few minutes of chatting made it no longer needed.
I don't carry one, but I rarely dive in places with liability concerns.
Cameron
Once I was initially asked for it in Ireland, a few minutes of chatting made it no longer needed.
I don't carry one, but I rarely dive in places with liability concerns.
Cameron
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I can only imagine your liability if something went wrong on that dive.
Basking Ridge Diver
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I have used it and needed it to rent a pony tank in Bonaire and for diving solo at sites in Bonaire that have an on site dive shop-- Like the Dive Friends locations at the Cliff and Bari Reef (Den Laman/Sand Dollar) dive sites.
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Most of the time when I’m diving solo I look around and there’s nobody there to show my Solo Card to anyhow so I just go diving.
It’s a conundrum.
It’s a conundrum.
Bert van den Berg
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Have had the PADI self reliant certification for three years and never been asked to show it - darn!
The Explorer charter boat required one to dive solo, plus a 19 Ft³ redundant air source.
Year five of having my self-reliant card, have been diving across the Hawaiian islands, California, currently the Midwest. No one has asked...yet.
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