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dive safety

When diving, safety should always be at the fore. Which four factors come together to create the optimal conditions for safe scuba diving? What’s behind many of the mistakes that lead to dive accidents? What are the five elements in any scuba diving accident sequence?

Author:
JGD
Category:
  • Dive Medicine
  • Safety, Accidents, and Emergency Management
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Should dive operators insist that divers be completely sober before allowing them to dive?

Yes
61% (14 votes)
No
39% (9 votes)
Total votes: 23
Category:
  • Dive Safety
  • Dive Industry
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If you knew a certain site had lots of shark activity, how would you feel about diving there?

I would grab my camera and run for the boat.
19% (3 votes)
I would think seriously about diving there but I'd still be a little scared.
31% (5 votes)
I would be pretty scared; my buddies would have to talk me into diving there.
38% (6 votes)
I would not dive there at all.
13% (2 votes)
Total votes: 16
Category:
  • Dive Safety
  • Marine Life
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Have you ever been lost inside a wreck?

Yes
50% (15 votes)
No
50% (15 votes)
Total votes: 30
Category:
  • Dive Safety
Related Tags: Scuba Polls

Have you ever lost your dive light or have your batteries burned out on a dive?

Yes, but I carry a backup so it was no problem.
25% (6 votes)
Yes, and I didn’t have a backup.
50% (12 votes)
No
25% (6 votes)
Total votes: 24
Category:
  • Dive Safety
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What is the hardest scuba skill you've had to master?

Clearing my mask
14% (3 votes)
Buddy breathing
23% (5 votes)
Controlled emergency swimming ascent
36% (8 votes)
Surface swimming in full kit
9% (2 votes)
Other
18% (4 votes)
Total votes: 22
Category:
  • Dive Training
  • Dive Safety
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