While we always encourage diving with a buddy, certain experienced divers may find themselves in a situation where they may need to be ready to respond independently to an emergency situation. This course teaches how to carry redundant gear and utilize it in the unlikely event of an emergency. In addition, you will learn how to adjust your dive planning and preparation for the realities of diving without a buddy. 

Course Set Up

Because this course is about diving without a buddy, we conduct it as a private program, so you will work one-on-one with one of our senior instructors who conduct this program. You will go through the following sections:

Academic Session

Pool Session

Ocean Dives 

Course Prerequisites

• Open Water
• Deep Diving
• Night & Limited Visibility
• Navigation
• Stress & Rescue
• 75 logged dives totaling at least 50 hours

Gear Requirements
 

• All standard dive gear
• Redundant dive computer
• Second tank (must be at least 1 / 3 of the volume of your back gas tank, for instance a diver using an steel 100 for their back gas would need a tank that has a capacity of at least 34 cubic feet)
• Second Mask
• Second cutting device
• Second regulator for second tank
• SMB with at least 28lbs of lift
• Spool with at least 140 feet of line