| This may be a bit semantic and picky but I think that buddy diving done well is to abide by the level of commitment the buddies have agreed to before the dive. That agreement may range from "Iīll salvage your gear if I find your body after we noticed that you didnīt surface" to "team".
For me the preffered way to buddy-dive is being part of a "team" or to "buddy-dive well", which to me, means commiting yourself to attaining/keeping a skill-level that enables you to be self-sufficient as well capable to help your buddy should he need it. It also means paying attention to your buddy and actively communicating (being proactive) during the dive to avoid, minimize and solve problems before they become life-threatening...
Having said all that, there are quite a few situations where to dive at all, the "best/safest" kind of buddy-diving, is the kind where the only person youīre responsible for is yourself. I am somewhat hessitant to call it buddy diving but I think itīs commonly referred to as "same ocean buddies"...  |