Once considered reckless, the notion of solo diving was not only discouraged, self reliance was actively taught. Technical Diving International was the first dive certification agency to issue solo diving certifications. People are solo diving anyway, I began solo diving with a little over 10 certified dives, I used to ask – why all the drama?
The solo diving course teaches divers to become self-sufficient and not rely on their buddy to make their dive safe. The solo diver needs good navigational skills, self-awareness, reasonable physical fitness, solid decision-making and they carry an alternate air source for redundancy anyway. This way, the onus is on the individual diver to plan and execute their own dive and not rely on someone else to do it for them. I still can’t understand what all the drama is about?
Observations in an undemocratic world 