I was wondering if there are real possibilities for (technical) solodiving on holidays. I don't have a solo diver certificate, but i'm a full cave diver and full trimix diver. In one of my books from a trimixcourse stands: if you don't feel good to make the dive alone, don't make the dive. I learned in that courses to be self reliant/selfsufficient.
I made solodives till 50m. depth. (no deeper possibilities here). The problem when going on holidays is that I don't have a friend as a buddy. I travel alone most times. So I did some technical dives on holidays, but the problem is mostly you are a number at a divingcentre, you can't decide where to go or how deep. you must accept a (mostly less experienced) buddy or must pay for an instructor to be your buddy on a technical dive. And that's really expensive.
Sometimes I see possibilities for a technical liveaboard or nice divesites. But is it possible to dive there alone? Or really find/join a buddy with the same experience? I'm not a real solodiver, but I want to make some dives where I don't have a buddy for.
And are there recreational divecentres where you can do solodives? (they recognise my cards as being selfsufficient?)
I'm not an instructor, just DM, sometimes you see they only think instructors are good divers. And becoming an instructor just for being recognised to dive where you want without a guide is stupid in my eyes.
I made solodives till 50m. depth. (no deeper possibilities here). The problem when going on holidays is that I don't have a friend as a buddy. I travel alone most times. So I did some technical dives on holidays, but the problem is mostly you are a number at a divingcentre, you can't decide where to go or how deep. you must accept a (mostly less experienced) buddy or must pay for an instructor to be your buddy on a technical dive. And that's really expensive.
Sometimes I see possibilities for a technical liveaboard or nice divesites. But is it possible to dive there alone? Or really find/join a buddy with the same experience? I'm not a real solodiver, but I want to make some dives where I don't have a buddy for.
And are there recreational divecentres where you can do solodives? (they recognise my cards as being selfsufficient?)
I'm not an instructor, just DM, sometimes you see they only think instructors are good divers. And becoming an instructor just for being recognised to dive where you want without a guide is stupid in my eyes.