Author Topic: 10 known risks in diving (Read 1851 times)

Iza · « **on:** June 18, 2007, 05:43:28 PM »

Hi people...would like your inputs on 10 known / most common risks a person may encounter in scuba diving.

John F SeaDemon · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2007, 05:53:58 PM »

Dangerous divers.

BubbleBeaver · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2007, 06:16:44 PM »

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Dangerous divers.

Agreed. Although why not you elaborate a little, Deams..

wing0112 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2007, 06:46:18 PM »

1. risk of usig up all the annual leaves
2. risk of using the annual bonus and those hard earn save money for the trip
3. risk of addicted to the gas
4. risk of dowan to surface evern time up as too addicted to the u/water

okies.. gtg my gf cal.....

Snafu · « **Reply #4 on:** June 18, 2007, 06:51:26 PM »

1. Decompression Illness

2. Decompression Sickness

3. Lost of gas

4. Malfunction equipment

5. Injury from the unknown

;D

sheik · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2007, 06:54:56 PM »

panic probably is on one of the top list.... :-)

Bones · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2007, 06:57:37 PM »

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1. risk of usig up all the annual leaves
2. risk of using the annual bonus and those hard earn save money for the trip
3. risk of addicted to the gas
4. risk of dowan to surface evern time up as too addicted to the u/water

okies.. gtg my gf cal.....

5. Risk of gf or bf getting pisssed as all your leave is spent underwater ;D ;D ;D

Sicko · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2007, 07:00:55 PM »

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Hi people...would like your inputs on 10 known / most common risks a person may encounter in scuba diving.

High risk of going bankrupt................ ;D

John F SeaDemon · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2007, 07:25:17 PM »

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Dangerous divers.

Agreed. Although why not you elaborate a little, Deams..

Divers who endanger themselves by doing stupid things, thus endangering the buddy..and can potentially cause a dive trip to be canceled or cut short.

I'll let imaginations run wild :o :

John F SeaDemon · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2007, 07:26:15 PM »

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1. risk of usig up all the annual leaves
2. risk of using the annual bonus and those hard earn save money for the trip
3. risk of addicted to the gas
4. risk of dowan to surface evern time up as too addicted to the u/water

okies.. gtg my gf cal.....

5. Risk of gf or bf getting pisssed as all your leave is spent underwater ;D ;D ;D

Agreed ;D ;D ;D but I'm always too narced to give a f***

John F SeaDemon · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2007, 07:34:57 PM »

But seriously....

1. Equipment malfunction - this can lead to all other problems
2. Lost gas - this can also lead to all other problems
3. DCI
4. DCS
5. Getting lost in a cavern/cave/wreck penetration
6. Getting attacked by triggers
7. Getting attacked by other potentially dangerous marine life
8. Being left out at sea/swept by current far away from dive site...like really far
9. Getting hit by pirates while on an LOB..or by some unfriendly foreign navy vessel like those experienced by 7 Skies divers
10. Getting caught in a storm with 3-4m waves

dp · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2007, 08:22:08 PM »

1- new business pitch coming in on the eve of your dive trip
2- boss canceling ur leave because of reason 1
3- boss cancelling ur other leaves planned for the year (mostly for dive trips) because he cannot plan properly :

4- getting dengue

;D ;D ;D

on a more serious note :
1- machismo divers - they brag about how deep they have dived on a single tank, did the stone cold steve austin move on a bull shark etc. They can influence the newly certified OW divers in thinking "WOW! I wanna be like him!"

2- careless divers
- divers who take things for granted - like relying on the DC to assemble and carry their equipment to the boat. Then will find things missing/left behind at the DC.
- Hardly check equipment condition (esp tanks o-rings - heheh) thus providing other photographers a beautiful UW photo opp.
- never do BWRAF.

3- divers who do not follow dive plan, which can lead to divers
- getting lost,
- swept out to sea,
- busting their NDL,
- getting DCS, etc

my 0.2 sen

Cher · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:54:41 PM »

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But seriously....

1. Equipment malfunction - this can lead to all other problems
2. Lost gas - this can also lead to all other problems
3. DCI
4. DCS
5. Getting lost in a cavern/cave/wreck penetration
6. Getting attacked by triggers
7. Getting attacked by other potentially dangerous marine life
8. Being left out at sea/swept by current far away from dive site...like really far
9. Getting hit by pirates while on an LOB..or by some unfriendly foreign navy vessel like those experienced by 7 Skies divers
10. Getting caught in a storm with 3-4m waves

Hey! No. 9 crossed my mind everytime I join LOB trip.. It has happened before eh? Care to elaborate Deams. I mean, we park LOB in the middle of nowhere, does LOB operators have in place some sort of procedures or safety precautions if this were to happen?

wing0112 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2007, 11:47:46 PM »

haha.. dont worry my gf is diver too... kakak so we both spend our leave together.......

The main thing that i agree which is the risk was peer pressure and machoism.. this can led newbies very wrong.... i was once when i am still OW... an otais show me his dive comp that his max depth was 55mtr.. he did it with single tanks. tat time i was amazed.... and then when i read back the book and the RDP.. i was thinking.. wow.... he is so lucky to be alive..... not to say i am cursing him.. but this is a bad role model.

peer pressure.. is when u have did a certain amount of dive.. then ur weakness is u consume ur air like water.... ur fren a newbies.. uses air very little... so at every dive. the otais will try to drag their botom time even though their air was low.. as not to lose face lah especially in front of girls.....

does all the girl think that ur macho and very keng.... if u uses less air?....

ikan · « **Reply #14 on:** June 19, 2007, 01:14:25 AM »

braggarts, posers and wannabes ..... and worst of all IGNORANCE!!

John F SeaDemon · « **Reply #15 on:** June 19, 2007, 01:34:44 AM »

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But seriously....
9. Getting hit by pirates while on an LOB..or by some unfriendly foreign navy vessel like those experienced by 7 Skies divers

Hey! No. 9 crossed my mind everytime I join LOB trip.. It has happened before eh? Care to elaborate Deams. I mean, we park LOB in the middle of nowhere, does LOB operators have in place some sort of procedures or safety precautions if this were to happen?

Yes it has happened before. I know Wavebreaker takes RM5K in cash everytime it goes to the 7 Skies to pay the neighbour's patrol boat. It has happened to a Singaporean LOB where they were detained there.

As for piracy, I had that happen to me in July 2002 in the Strait of Malacca. We were fishing at night when we heard this engine but couldn't see anything. Finally we saw a patrol boat from a neighbouring country, men in uniform held us at gunpoint for 3 hours or so, took everything from us including my first GPS. If it weren't for the approaching storm, they would have taken our outboard engine as well and set us adrift. Imagine drifting in a storm in a shipping lane....at night.

If you ask me about steps, well, the modern radar has a guard zone alarm...for example if you set it to sound an alarm everytime something comes within, say, 2 nautical miles away from you, it will sound an alarm if there is such an intruder. Ideally, someone should also be on watch.

Remember, there are locals who are pirates at sea as well.

GeorgeHalim · « **Reply #16 on:** June 19, 2007, 02:38:50 AM »

It may be calm but still that doesn't mean you're safe at sea eh....? Interesting..... :o

John F SeaDemon · « **Reply #17 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:28:06 AM »

Yeah, it's much like those pesky little trainer aircraft that is supposed to be somewhere else but keeps popping in front of your nose as you do your long finals at WMKA.

wing0112 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 19, 2007, 09:45:00 AM »

so how about now.. still ok to do LOB/?

John F SeaDemon · « **Reply #19 on:** June 19, 2007, 10:08:16 AM »

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so how about now.. still ok to do LOB/?

Go ahead and do it...worry more about diving safely

wing0112 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2007, 10:23:39 AM »

oh.. i sked die 1.. so i put safety the most... kakakka.. urm i thnk i 1 2 try lah to do LOB once.

John F SeaDemon · « **Reply #21 on:** June 19, 2007, 11:40:09 AM »

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oh.. i sked die 1.. so i put safety the most... kakakka.. urm i thnk i 1 2 try lah to do LOB once.

Haiya...we are closer to death the moment we are born into this world. Just don't make it any closer.

Iza · « **Reply #22 on:** June 19, 2007, 12:04:04 PM »

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1. risk of usig up all the annual leaves
2. risk of using the annual bonus and those hard earn save money for the trip
3. risk of addicted to the gas
4. risk of dowan to surface evern time up as too addicted to the u/water

okies.. gtg my gf cal.....

;D ;D ;D ;D

Iza · « **Reply #23 on:** June 19, 2007, 12:06:03 PM »

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1. Decompression Illness

2. Decompression Sickness

3. Lost of gas

4. Malfunction equipment

5. Injury from the unknown

;D

Thanks for the input. No.1 & No. 2 is different in what ways/term?

Iza · « **Reply #24 on:** June 19, 2007, 12:11:21 PM »

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But seriously....

1. Equipment malfunction - this can lead to all other problems
2. Lost gas - this can also lead to all other problems
3. DCI
4. DCS
5. Getting lost in a cavern/cave/wreck penetration
6. Getting attacked by triggers
7. Getting attacked by other potentially dangerous marine life
8. Being left out at sea/swept by current far away from dive site...like really far
9. Getting hit by pirates while on an LOB..or by some unfriendly foreign navy vessel like those experienced by 7 Skies divers
10. Getting caught in a storm with 3-4m waves

Thanks for the input.

Much appreciated.

Iza · « **Reply #25 on:** June 19, 2007, 12:13:21 PM »

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Hi people...would like your inputs on 10 known / most common risks a person may encounter in scuba diving.

High risk of going bankrupt................ ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D

Iza · « **Reply #26 on:** June 19, 2007, 12:19:25 PM »

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1- new business pitch coming in on the eve of your dive trip
2- boss canceling ur leave because of reason 1
3- boss cancelling ur other leaves planned for the year (mostly for dive trips) because he cannot plan properly :
4- getting dengue

;D ;D ;D

on a more serious note :
1- machismo divers - they brag about how deep they have dived on a single tank, did the stone cold steve austin move on a bull shark etc. They can influence the newly certified OW divers in thinking "WOW! I wanna be like him!"

2- careless divers
- divers who take things for granted - like relying on the DC to assemble and carry their equipment to the boat. Then will find things missing/left behind at the DC.
- Hardly check equipment condition (esp tanks o-rings - heheh) thus providing other photographers a beautiful UW photo opp.
- never do BWRAF.

3- divers who do not follow dive plan, which can lead to divers
- getting lost,
- swept out to sea,
- busting their NDL,
- getting DCS, etc

my 0.2 sen

What is BWRAF? [size=9](Hope I dont sound so stupid asking this)[/size]

wing0112 · « **Reply #27 on:** June 19, 2007, 01:02:17 PM »

BWRAF = Big Women Really Are Fun,
BWRAF = Burger With Relish And Fries,
BWRAF = Begin With Review & Friend (is a pre dive safety check with your buddy before u start each of your dive)

dp · « **Reply #28 on:** June 19, 2007, 01:59:34 PM »

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What is BWRAF? [size=9](Hope I dont sound so stupid asking this)[/size]

Its a 'last minute check' you do with your buddy prior to entering the water.

B = BCD - inflate and deflate it. you dont want it to malfunction when u are in the water
W = Weights - check weight belts
R = Releases - check and familiarise yourself with the releases on your buddy's bcd. So u know where they are should an emergency happens.
A = Air - ask your buddy to breathe through the regulator AND the octopus. Take a look at the SPG and see if the needle on the air gauge remains unmoved. If it moves, then the air is not on.
F = Fins. For obvious reasons.

Correct ar, otais?

mocha · « **Reply #29 on:** June 19, 2007, 02:58:19 PM »

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What is BWRAF? [size=9](Hope I dont sound so stupid asking this)[/size]

Its a 'last minute check' you do with your buddy prior to entering the water.

B = BCD - inflate and deflate it. you dont want it to malfunction when u are in the water
W = Weights - check weight belts
R = Releases - check and familiarise yourself with the releases on your buddy's bcd. So u know where they are should an emergency happens.
A = Air - ask your buddy to breathe through the regulator AND the octopus. Take a look at the SPG and see if the needle on the air gauge remains unmoved. If it moves, then the air is not on.
F = Fins. For obvious reasons.

Correct ar, otais?

bro.... i tot F = FINAL OK!!! hehehehe... mana datang fins??? maybe different skool of tot... :