{"id":37,"date":"2025-01-08T12:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:49:49","slug":"protocols-for-buddy-separation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/protocols-for-buddy-separation\/","title":{"rendered":"Scuba Diving Buddy Separation Safety Protocols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scuba Diving Safety Protocols: Buddy Separation<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

by Andy Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losing your buddy is an easy way to ruin a good dive.  Being alone underwater can cause many divers apprehension.  It often also ends in an aborted dive  – which sucks when you’ve spent your hard-earned money, time, and effort in going scuba diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buddy separation can be avoided by using effective diving procedures and maintaining a focused mindset<\/a> (more about that another day<\/em>).  But that doesn’t mean that divers shouldn’t<\/em> consider their contingency planning for the possibility of separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s my view on designing an effective Buddy Separation protocol…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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