Top 10 Worst Things You Can Do While Scuba Diving | #top10 #scuba | @Scuba Diver Magazine
do's and don'ts while scuba diving to avoid hurting yourself, others, your gear and just enjoy the underwater world better.
#scuba #scubadiving #scubadiver
LINKS
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
You can help support the channel in three easy ways;
1. On YouTube with Super Chat or become an SDM Army Fan and get access to exclusive early access to videos, emojis, shoutouts, and your burning questions answered https://www.scubadivermag.com/audioseries
2. Use our affiliate link to make your next scuba purchases
Gear – https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/dive-gear
Hotels – https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/hotels
Flights – https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/flights
Car Rental – https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/car-hire
3. Subscribe to one of our print or digital magazines
Scuba Diver Magazine Printed Edition – https://www.scubadivermag.com/subscriptions/UK
Scuba Diver ANZ Printed Edition – https://www.scubadivermag.com/subscriptions/ANZ
Scuba Diver North America Printed Edition – https://www.scubadivermag.com/subscriptions/North-America
Digital Pass – https://www.scubadivermag.com/subscriptions/digital-pass
Book Shop – https://www.scubadivermag.com/subscriptions/book-shop
╔═╦╗╔╦╗╔═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╗
║╚╣║║║╚╣╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╣
╠╗║╚╝║║╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣
╚═╩══╩═╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝
https://www.scubadivermag.com/youtube/subscribe
Watch Our Most Watched Video https://www.scubadivermag.com/youtube/most-watched
Watch Out Most Recent Video https://www.scubadivermag.com/youtube/most-recent-video
Watch Our Members-Only Videos https://www.scubadivermag.com/youtube/members-only
Website: https://www.scubadivermag.com Scuba Diving, Underwater Photography, Hints & Advice, Scuba Gear Reviews
Website: https://www.divernet.com Scuba News, Underwater Photography, Hints & Advice, Travel Reports
Website: https://www.godivingshow.com The Only Dive Show in the United Kingdom
Website: https://www.rorkmedia.com For advertising within our brands
Follow Us On Social Media
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/scubadivermag
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine
00:00 – Intro
00:53 – 01
01:54 – 02
02:56 – 03
03:51 – 04
04:36 – 05
05:34 – 06
06:33 – 07
07:30 – 08
08:17 – 09
09:06 – 10
“Be nice to the crew or we’ll sabotage you” is a strange take dude. Ofc be nice but threatening people if they aren’t is really not good in an extreme sport
11-minutes video that should be a tweet
pilots solo….pilots do solo night flight. why not a self-sufficient and self-reliant diver diving solo? your rule or philosophy of “do not solo dive” is not applicable to the whole diving community….dive photographers, spearfisherman dive solo….so is commercial divers….i have nothing against solo diving as long as your self-sufficient and self-reliant. cool
Well if you dive solo you gotta assume the risk. Personally I freedive solo, you just gotta be extra careful not to push your limit.
Thank you for the advice!
A good lesson I learned from experience was not to run out of air underwater. 25 metres was the depth, thank goodness. Of course the real lesson is REGULARLY CHECK YOUR SPG!!!
All my diving is solo diving.🥹
I’m a short person and if i don’t set up my gear they usually place the tank too high so I hit my head when trying to look up. Big lesson. Always set up your own gear. My tank needs to be way lower than taller people’s
I was sure the warhammer would make this list.
The “dive buddy” thing is nonsense. I’m sick of looking out for people who aren’t looking out for me.
Some weeks ago a diver lost his life in a (deep cold) lake (Hemmoor/Germany)
Reason: heavy over-leaded!
The rescuediver had a real problem to get him back to surface.
It’s a sad story .
So it’s absolutely important to take as less lead as needed.
Oh again ? 😢 there are a lot of accidents happening.
The more you dive the better u get
dont drift dive in mexico with the cheapest dive operator 2 miles from shore
what happened”?
My most dangerous mistake was following someone on a 140 foot dark dive with a bad current that refused to call the dive when I wanted to. He had twin 100 s, I had a single 100, he took off on me, I left him and made a free ascent when it turned to shit.
That sounds terrifying
…you should not go Solo diving without the proper training🤔
With the boat prop…I’ve seen people try to hold on to the motor, prop, skeg while waiting for the boarding ladder to be available. This is particularly stupid when there’s waves or swell. Those props will come down on you hard! I had to push a buddy’s head to the side to avoid the corner of the stern coming down on his Cranium. Basically a dunk/pimp slap move😁 Float, swim or hold on to the line and wait a few meters back from the boat.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with solo diving, or the same ocean same day buddy system.
I’ve been thinking about this lately, because I did a solo dive from a charter boat where I wasn’t paired up with anyone by the staff, and no one invited me to dive with them. I explained my situation clearly to two of the instructors, but they didn’t offer to let me accompany them. I didn’t want to impose myself on anyone, so I jumped in the water by myself, telling the DM, “I have a spare-air and I’m not going that deep. I’ll be okay.” The thing that I underestimated here, is the power of panic. Simply put, you cannot depend on yourself to make safe choices when you panic, and panic is not something that you can guarantee wont happen, no matter how experienced or trained you are.
Been diving since 1984, 99% done by myself.Never had a problem and 100% not due to luck.
if you rent equipment… ALWAYS check the tank is fully open and check the regulator. Always! I had a diver that forgot to check his equipment and the tank valve wasnt opened!
Wait… we’re not supposed to tickle sharks???
I think you need written permission from the shark now…
But their giggles are so cute?!
Learned the first one the hard way.
Recently got open water certified on february this year. Last week, I performed three 30-40 min dives above 18 meters. The first two dives, I was the one to setup my own gear. But at the third dive, staff from the resort I stayed in setup my gear for me. I checked the second stage and octo, and it worked alright so I thought it was fine. Also checked whether the first stage was tightly connected to the tank. I was kind of tired so I didn’t check it thoroughly.
Mid dive, I was feeling a little bit of water coming into the second stage. I thought that was normal since my reg was an old version of the aqualung titan, but it was a bit odd because I haven’t seen that happen on my previous dives. After the dive, I dissassembled my gear and found out that the one who setup my gear left the small cover tape on the tank outlet.
So I had to get my regulator serviced and replace the spg + filter because a lot of saltwater got inside the first stage and spg. Lesson learned: No matter how tired you are, always setup your own gear yourself because it’s your own gear and your own life!
Please explain what is a “cover tape”?
@Linda Olenzek it’s a little piece of tape they put on filled tanks that should be removed before setting up your gear
As a fairly new diver I really appreciate these tips. Thanks ☺️
Appear as food to any resident shark that is looking at me as Im a menu.
I have buddies that take off/disappear also, I’ve decided to just let them lead and I follow. Problem solved…
Yea. I dived with a few who think being in the same ocean at the same time = being an effective buddy.
👍
and most of these bad habits are due to the very poor training they got , when they took their SCUBA diving course at a dive shop with lousy instructors ! These days anyone with $$ can sign up a take and pass the written and open water tests !
Mike Dunning doing tasks them and doing tasks correctly are two different things !
WhY is your feelings about solo certification?
For experienced divers, don’t be a complete jerk towards new divers. Give new divers advice or information if you feel it will be helpful. But do it in a nice and friendly way. Don’t be a condescending jerk, making rude comments, and exchanging sideways glances with your fellow experienced dive friends, about how “stupid this new diver is”, when new divers make mistakes. Don’t make the new diver feel totally embarrassed and humiliated.
Be helpful. Be friendly. Be a good ambassador for the sport of scuba diving. Help the new diver grow to love scuba diving as much as you do. Don’t be a jerk.
Also do not try to encourage new and inexperienced divers to go deeper than they are comfortable with, or to cave dive without proper training. (I actually ran into some guys like that in Florida once)
This ^^^^
Don’t be giving advise to others divers to showoff your knowledge
I wish my first diving experience was like you described…
The entire experience was simply EGO Hazing … by the time we were ready to actually go into the ocean- I asked the facility to remove me from the dives because the guy was clearly an accident factory…
…
Cost me $200 extra just for my OPEN WATER… much better than diving with “that guy” who on the certification dive I skipped – he broke his leg… [Complacently]
…
As much as I want to go diving… I have only met complete jerks in the diving world…
Definitely do not feel comfortable around anyone he trained or from those facilities…
…
Lots of nice people online though…
…
Some universal themes that cross oceans, cultures and decades of being a thoughtful, reasonable and safe diver….Thankyou…cheers from down under…. Australia’s Coral Sea..