Solo Diving

[w ripley]

Shoot, this "solo" thread only has 5,000+ views, lol (and not a single flame). Not too shabby, IMO.

[gianaameri]

My very first solo eCCR cave experience was not really wanted.

I was buddy diving with an OC PADI Instructor and we went into a cave (not cavern), and then he disappears.

So, I found myself solo eCCR Cave diving and had to ask myself "what now?" - "should I go OC bailout because I am solo on eCCR in a cave?"

It was not until several more cave dives later that I really started/considered "solo" eCCR cave diving.

[CaveMD]

I agree, plus there are other mitigating circumstances, for instance you may have your 100 dives and decide to go solo, but in a cave you've never been in before. That may be more dangerous than beginning your solo diving as a cavern dive in JB, assuming you have been in there many, many times, just your going by yourself this time.

Robinson spring is the ONLY cave I have layed line in with another person(Forrest) the rest have been solo, which I understand to be a pretty common practice.

[a64pilot]

Robinson spring is the ONLY cave I have layed line in with another person(Forrest) the rest have been solo, which I understand to be a pretty common practice.

Understood, And I think we have had similar mentoring and therefore have ended up with similar philosophies about diving. I meant for someone who hasn't had Solo diving as a thought process before, but wanted to begin solo diving, that maybe beginning their solo diving in familiar surroundings could be considered a safer practice than somewhere they had never been before.

I'm talking about someone who hasn't been in the water by themselves before, there are many that will tell you being in the water by yourself is irresponsible and dangerous and no one should be allowed to do so.
To be perfectly honest there are at least some number of people that are perfect team mates, that shouldn't be in the water by themselves.

[Shocky]

Back mount, carry a buddy bottle, side mount, let your conscious be your guide!

[jcook]

Do people really still do 1/3's for solo OC? I am just wondering, since I know people who push it to the very limit. After going to a few of Edd's clinics I've gone to a 1/4's for OC diving, unless I am in a system I know like the palm of my hand. Just my 2 cents.

[rjack]

Do people really still do 1/3's for solo OC? I am just wondering, since I know people who push it to the very limit. After going to a few of Edd's clinics I've gone to a 1/4's for OC diving, unless I am in a system I know like the palm of my hand. Just my 2 cents.

I have (in sidemount). But my sumpy solo dives are not really anything like FL. E.g. one of them I could have breath-held and exited (the duckunder to get out was 3ft deep x 10ft long). Another was high flow on lp45s, I think I used 1000psi of each on the entry and 400psi of one on the exit.

[Bobby]

Do people really still do 1/3's for solo OC? I am just wondering, since I know people who push it to the very limit. After going to a few of Edd's clinics I've gone to a 1/4's for OC diving, unless I am in a system I know like the palm of my hand. Just my 2 cents.

I rarely go close to thirds on any dive but will go closer solo than I will diving with someone else. I know how I will react and I know it is me that has to get me out so deciding to go closer to thirds on a solo dive is something I might do pending the circumstances. I prefer to have large cushions while diving with others for whatever might come up.

[floridakid]

For you rebreather folk out there, do you solo on your CCR and do you do anything different then when you dive with other CCR divers?

[jcook]

I almost always solo on my CCR, I don't like being held back on my dives. I don't do anything different, I believe in the whole self-sufficiency thing.