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That about covers everything. Regarding risk, I would agree with Streydog and skip the stop if it was very early in the dive and nowhere near your no-stop time, possibly because the dive was to 60' and not 120'. Otherwise I'd probably do the stop. As KWS said, you check bubbles. If there are none you don't know where the buddy is anyway and it may be too late (assuming you already did the one minute search before ascending and came up empty).
What is the recommendation for buddy separation?
Search for 1 min and then ascent. Does it mention 3-5min safety stop?
The only issue is that your buddy either did not realize the separation or decides to take 3-5 min safety and you will be dead worry on the surface while hoping for the best..
Well that’s exactly what happened, I surfaced because we got separated at 30m when we faced another group of diver and silt was lifted.What is the recommendation for buddy separation?
Search for 1 min and then ascent. Does it mention 3-5min safety stop?
The only issue is that your buddy either did not realize the separation or decides to take 3-5 min safety and you will be dead worry on the surface while hoping for the best..
Well that’s exactly what happened, I surfaced because we got separated at 30m when we faced another group of diver and silt was lifted.
I ascended really slowly but did not do a safety stop.
My buddy told me that he didn’t realise at first we got lost and he did his safety stop.
I could not see the bubbles so I waited 4 mins before to go the shore and started telling others that my buddy didn’t surface. He just appeared a minute later.
I guess I will always ask whether my buddy will stop or not during the briefing now.