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There are quite a few rules that scuba divers follow to keep them safe. There are ascent rates that must be adhered to, divers must breathe continually and never hold their breath, they should always start their dives into the current and the long time golden rule to never dive alone. The buddy system has been an integral part of diver training from the beginning and it was carried over from the belief that one should never swim alone.

To be a proper buddy team, the two divers should be of equal experience, be familiar with each other’s equipment and have the same objective on any given dive. If one diver is taking photographs and the other spearfishing the buddy team evaporates and you just have two divers in the same ocean in the same day. The buddy system was easy to sell because people usually feel more secure in the presence of another human and under most conditions, the buddy system can increase the safety of the divers, but in truth, it’s unreliable.

One of the primary advantages of having a partner diving with you is that you have an alternate air source close at hand. There is no reason to run out of air at depth, but it does happen. A buddy would also be indispensible in the case of entanglement. In some areas there are fishing nets and cast off monofilament line that can snag a diver and a cool headed buddy can help with the extrication.

It is a well known fact that many experienced divers choose to dive alone and there is no better safety factor than self sufficiency, but for the majority of divers having a partner not only gives security, it allows two people to share in the wonderment of the underwater world.Still bored? Click to continue: Balicasag Island: Milestone Dives