Of course you could detach in time, it is only on your wrist with a rubber coil key chain. It would pull off if you were not holding onto the actual strap normally. It was just a thought anyway.

The more I thought about it, I am starting to think it is a bad idea anyway. My new view on this is to be completely self sufficient so you don't have to rely on your buddy. With a good dive plan including what to do if you get seperated anyway. I remember being taught in basic OW1 class that if you get seperated, look in a circle for 1 minute and if you can't find your buddy/group, start your acent.

We do often get seperated, but panic is never an issue? Why would anyone panic if they lost their buddy? Is their buddy a Underwater Superhero, able to kill Great White Sharks with a single scuba knife and beat decompression with a single breath? Da da da dumm....It is It's Scuba Duba Dude to the rescue.....

I'll save you Steve Irwin....