Self Sufficiency
The core objective in training to be a solo diver is to become as self-sufficient/self-reliant as possible—under all circumstances and fully able to deal with any potential problems and difficulties and to have the competence, fitness, discipline, skills and equipment that will achieve this result. It requires a sharpened sense of risk-assessment and the ability to plan dives that mitigate these risks. One of the practical benefits of these disciplines is that they will also improve the calibre of buddy diving whenever the trained solo diver pairs up with another diver in a buddy team. If, for example the other buddy partner has lesser skills or experience, a divers own self-sufficiency skills diminishes the need for that less experienced partner to become engaged in some procedure for which they are not fully capable, thereby providing a situation of improved safety for both diving partners. Agencies training solo divers also recommend the self-sufficiency training in their courses for all divers as their diving experience grows, so as to achieve greater safety in all diving—buddy and solo.
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