Tom_Ivan
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Title says it all really. I've been on the SDI and PADI websites but it seems to be mostly just chicken feeding.
What skills do you actually learn in a Solo course?
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Telling your nearest and dearest where to search for your body. In the UK its 7 years before death is declared if no body. Implecations on life insurance etc.
SDI actually puts course standards online.
https://www.tdisdi.com/wp-content/u...ual/SDI Specialty Standards_23_Solo_Diver.pdf
Get the book. It’s pretty decent. I’ve read here that the PADI “self-reliant” course doesn’t actually have a book and that some instructors will use the SDI book.
https://www.tdisdi.com/wp-content/u...ual/SDI Specialty Standards_23_Solo_Diver.pdf
Get the book. It’s pretty decent. I’ve read here that the PADI “self-reliant” course doesn’t actually have a book and that some instructors will use the SDI book.
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It depends on what you already know. I did not do SDI Solo until I had 760 dives and had been diving solo for many years. I did not "learn" anything new, but it was a reasonable review of infrequently practiced activities like doff & don, one fin swim, no mask... I mainly did the class to obtain the cert so that it would be easier to dive with operators who do not know me. It has worked out beautifully
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DITTO,,,Just like the advanced class card you need to satisfy the dive shop's insurance requirements, the SDI Solo card does also.
caruso
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You really don't learn any new skills, you just learn to be completely self reliant- most of what you need is in the book and it's all about redundancy with your gear, the most important being an extra tank and regulator and how to carry it.
As others said, it's mainly to get the card which dive Ops need for insurance liability purposes.
As others said, it's mainly to get the card which dive Ops need for insurance liability purposes.
One new skill you learn is how to lie back in the water, look upward and do a self bubble check.
tarponchik
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It is a hoax. "If solo diving is the new trend, why not jump the wagon and make some money?"
What a silly, uninformed statement. As an opinion, fine. As a fact, silly.
Another solo skill many divers never take seriously until the class is air consumption rates and consequent dive planning.
caruso
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Not sure what you're referring to as being a hoax, as far as making money and jumping on the bandwagon, that seems to be what's happening, at least with PADI who only recently offered their version of the course which they call "Self Reliant Diver". They were holdouts for many years after other agencies started teaching the course.
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