Yes, it's that old chestnut again.
I pretty much always dive alone as if I tried to arrange diving with other people then I'd never get in the water, I have to grab the chances when they crop up.
However, I only ever dive in water up to around 8m deep, I do long breathups and short bottom times which don't push my limits at all. I have a personal best breathold of just over 4 minutes, but I never spend more than 1 minute under water when alone so I return to the surface before I actually need to breathe.
Every other spearo that I have met so far dives alone most of the time for the same reasons as me, so I was just interested to see how many others out there do it. For me the choice is to hunt alone or pretty much never hunt at all.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm not condoning diving alone, of course it is safer to dive with a buddy, so if you're wondering whether to dive alone or not then the advice is not to. However, we all have to make up our own minds when it comes down to it.
I pretty much always dive alone as if I tried to arrange diving with other people then I'd never get in the water, I have to grab the chances when they crop up.
However, I only ever dive in water up to around 8m deep, I do long breathups and short bottom times which don't push my limits at all. I have a personal best breathold of just over 4 minutes, but I never spend more than 1 minute under water when alone so I return to the surface before I actually need to breathe.
Every other spearo that I have met so far dives alone most of the time for the same reasons as me, so I was just interested to see how many others out there do it. For me the choice is to hunt alone or pretty much never hunt at all.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm not condoning diving alone, of course it is safer to dive with a buddy, so if you're wondering whether to dive alone or not then the advice is not to. However, we all have to make up our own minds when it comes down to it.