Solo diving is the practice of self-sufficient underwater diving without a "dive buddy", particularly with reference to scuba diving, but the term is also applied to freediving. Professionally, solo d
Solo diver surveying a dive site. The bailout cylinder can be seen slung at the diver's left side
An underwater photographer intent on the composition of his next photograph
Buddy diving is the use of the buddy system by scuba divers and freedivers. It is a set of safety procedures intended to improve the chances of avoiding or surviving accidents in or under water by hav
Solo diving
…Solo diving is the practice of self-sufficient underwater diving without a "dive buddy", particularly with reference to scuba diving, but the term is also applied to freediving. Professionally, solo diving has always been an option which…
A Navy buddy diver team checking their gauges together
Scuba divers practicing buddy breathing technique during formal training
The long hose - note looping about divers neck
The recreational octopus - note color and placement in "Golden Triangle"