What is your pre-dive accident-prevention check-list when diving with a new buddy ?

[Roger Hobden]

What is your pre-dive accident-prevention check-list when diving with a new buddy ?

When at the surface, what strategies would you want to review with a new buddy to make sure that all the efficient reactions to potential hazards and emergencies are anticipated ?

 

[caruso]

My predive accident prevention strategy is to present my solo dive certification card to the dive operator and say "No thanks" when asked to team up with someone I don't know.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

Will that be MasterCard, Visa, American Express, cash or check? I'm usually teaching when diving with new people trying to turn them into the kind of buddy you'll want.

 

[Kharon]

+1 @caruso

 

[caruso]

The other consideration about refusing an instabuddy has nothing to do with safety. It has to do with spending a good part of your dive watching for your buddy when you could be looking at pretty fish.

 

[AJ]

Under no circumstances do they grab my primary reg. The pony is pressurized and the octo on the pony is on my right shoulder ready to pop off and breathe from. My primary is on a very short hose (I'm almost always solo and it's short for my comfort) and will not reach to the muppets mouth. (yeah, if they go OOA they are a muppet).

Well in that case we agree on not diving together With GUE buddys there's no doubt how we dive. With other unknown buddys I would do exactly the same: same day, same ocean nothing else.

 

[Kharon]

Well in that case we agree on not diving together

Absolutely

 

[rsingler]

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A Friendly Reminder...

That was not a particularly nice welcome to a relatively new diver in the Basic Forum!
Please keep in mind the rules for this forum. Stay on topic. Be respectful. Consider the audience.
Would anyone like to try again? There are vastly more buddy teams than solo divers. Please give this poster the benefit of your experience. I don't believe he/she was asking about solo diving.

A Moderator

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[RIHappyDiver]

The times that I’ve teamed up with a new buddy we usually go over the basics. These should cover most situations in a recreational dive situation. Do you donate primary or second (octo, AirII, second on a necklace), do you have ditchable weight, how does your inflator work. Plan the dive, dive the plan. If someone is more knowledgeable about the site, what info should be shared. We dive one site with a long swim out. My buddy had dived it many times before me knew where a quick shore exit for emergencies was (private property, which happens to be Jay Leno’s new house).

I’m sure I’m missing a couple of things but these are good starters.

Safe diving,

Erik

 

[MrBigfins]

Who leads, who follows and which side they will tend to stay on, air donate procedures and locations for both, dive plan review in more depth than boat typically gives, my typical air consumption (bit of an air hog) estimated dive length, weight locations for both of us, reconfirm etc plan if seperated. Ask if they have any issues or concerns. Then go dive and have fun.