DIVING GLOSSARY · Diving together
Buddy
A diving partner participating in an agreed system of communication and mutual awareness.
Explore the idea in context
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Diving with a buddy
What a buddy partnership means
Understand shared participation without assuming identical skills.
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Sharing goals and experience
Make different expectations visible before an outing.
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Attention and position
Recognise attention as part of diving together.
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Changing or ending an outing
Respect a decision to change participation.
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