Hey,
As i said in another thread, my mom moved to the Vanuatu Islands (next to the Fidji) so I'm flying over to visit her for Xmas.
She does not dive, only enjoys snorkelling. My usual dive buddy is not ging to come with me, as the plane ticket is very, very expensive.
My mom has her very own private piece of lagoon, with the coral barrier just a few hundreds of meters away. I'm thinking about renting a tank and going solo. The dives there cost a fortune... and I would just like to dive my mom's piece of coral berrier !
I think I would be confortable with the idea, but I would like to know what tips you'd give a "solo newbie".
Here is my dive experience :
I have 110 logged dives, most of them between 25 and 55 meters. I dove tropical waters and Meditteranean ones. I'm confortable underwater, I've often been told to be a very calm, sel-confident diver. Is that enough to go solo ? Would I have to limit my depth to 20 meters or so ? The air-limit is irrelevant, since I consume little air (I'm not a very big person, and being calm underwater might be an explanation for that).
In crystal-clear waters, do you think that having my mom snorkeling above me would increase the safety of the dive ?
Any tips would be appreciated ! Thanks in advance.
As i said in another thread, my mom moved to the Vanuatu Islands (next to the Fidji) so I'm flying over to visit her for Xmas.
She does not dive, only enjoys snorkelling. My usual dive buddy is not ging to come with me, as the plane ticket is very, very expensive.
My mom has her very own private piece of lagoon, with the coral barrier just a few hundreds of meters away. I'm thinking about renting a tank and going solo. The dives there cost a fortune... and I would just like to dive my mom's piece of coral berrier !
I think I would be confortable with the idea, but I would like to know what tips you'd give a "solo newbie".
Here is my dive experience :
I have 110 logged dives, most of them between 25 and 55 meters. I dove tropical waters and Meditteranean ones. I'm confortable underwater, I've often been told to be a very calm, sel-confident diver. Is that enough to go solo ? Would I have to limit my depth to 20 meters or so ? The air-limit is irrelevant, since I consume little air (I'm not a very big person, and being calm underwater might be an explanation for that).
In crystal-clear waters, do you think that having my mom snorkeling above me would increase the safety of the dive ?
Any tips would be appreciated ! Thanks in advance.