Who’s your bubble buddy?

As it was Valentine’s Day yesterday, it got me thinking about Scuba Diving buddy teams. Do you dive with your partner?

I can imagine that there are many benefits of having Scuba Diving as a hobby together…. The fact that you do not need rush back home from a dive to spend quality time together; the wrongly booked cabin with a double bed instead of a single, doesn’t matter…. it is an activity whereby you can be together, but physically cannot talk to each other…. ! Whatever the reason, having your life long partner as a dive buddy possibly has it’s advantages.

Understandably, not all of us dive with our partners, so what is it that makes a good dive buddy? How fun they are to be with? The trust that they instil? How good they are at finding your lost dive torch or spotting the dog fish that you would never have seen? Whatever it is, there is always that one person that we love to dive with, and diving with others, just doesn’t have the same connection. You know what the person is going to do and when, or when you turn around, exactly where they are going to be.

Scuba divers undoubtedly share a bond that others undertaking different activities could never have. We all have a love for the ocean… to protect it and to witness the spectacular scenes that others never will. Seeing the gracious Mantas at a cleaning station, or entering the long lost Thistlegorm. Literally putting our lives in the hands of another person and travelling the world together. For me, diving is the best hobby, not just for the actual activity, but for the special bonds that it creates. Hopefully you feel just as lucky to be a Scuba Diver, and a bubble buddy to someone! 

Thanks to Dutton’s Divers dive couples for sharing their photos…