Legally none. Morally? Depends if they think they can help or not
No. Why should they? Underwater everyone is utterly responsible for their own safety regardless of solo or not.
They choose not to dive with anyone to avoid having to babysit others.
Solo divers' obligations to other divers
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Legally none. Morally? Depends if they think they can help or not
No. Why should they? Underwater everyone is utterly responsible for their own safety regardless of solo or not.
They choose not to dive with anyone to avoid having to babysit others.
Ana
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In a way this thread accentuates the great difference between divers.
Unless I'm on a work trip and I just dive with whatever charter can fit me in, my typical dives are from my boat or 1 or 2 local charters that know me.
Diving with the local charters I go solo unless my husband is with me, during the dive I will make a point to stay away from any other divers of the charter, if I see anyone getting close I change directions or speed up or whatever in order to avoid them. I don't like strangers in my dives, don't wish anyone harm I just like my space.
Even diving with my husband or the few friends I have, I'm not a buddy. I'm just not, of course if I see them in trouble I will help, but chances are I won't see them, because I don't look.
Diving off our boat it is impossible to run into another diver, we make a point to not jump in if there are any other divers in the area.
So now I read of solo divers than encounter others with some sort of frequency. To a point that planing for a possible encounter is an actual consideration... to me is just unfathomable.
In all my years diving I have never given any of my air to anyone, I have untangled monofilament from many sea creatures but don't recall ever helping any diver, I can not predict for sure what would I do if a situation presents itself, but I'm certainly don't care to prepare for the possibility of a stranger interrupting my dive
Unless I'm on a work trip and I just dive with whatever charter can fit me in, my typical dives are from my boat or 1 or 2 local charters that know me.
Diving with the local charters I go solo unless my husband is with me, during the dive I will make a point to stay away from any other divers of the charter, if I see anyone getting close I change directions or speed up or whatever in order to avoid them. I don't like strangers in my dives, don't wish anyone harm I just like my space.
Even diving with my husband or the few friends I have, I'm not a buddy. I'm just not, of course if I see them in trouble I will help, but chances are I won't see them, because I don't look.
Diving off our boat it is impossible to run into another diver, we make a point to not jump in if there are any other divers in the area.
So now I read of solo divers than encounter others with some sort of frequency. To a point that planing for a possible encounter is an actual consideration... to me is just unfathomable.
In all my years diving I have never given any of my air to anyone, I have untangled monofilament from many sea creatures but don't recall ever helping any diver, I can not predict for sure what would I do if a situation presents itself, but I'm certainly don't care to prepare for the possibility of a stranger interrupting my dive
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