You forgot about diaper rash Jax. 
Pool Diving
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When first certified I spent hours in the pool practicing everthing from donning to bouyancy over and over again. After one particular long session I asked the shop operator if he ever looked in on me......he said naw and that if I turned up in the skimmer he would fish me out so I wouldn't clog the filter. 
Downing
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I play in my LDS's pool all the time by myself.
I guess there's a teeny tiny risk but surely the risk is greater that a meteor will crash through the roof while I'm in there.
Not to mention the drive over and back.
When your time's up, it's up.
I guess there's a teeny tiny risk but surely the risk is greater that a meteor will crash through the roof while I'm in there.
Not to mention the drive over and back.
When your time's up, it's up.
If you would swim in a pool alone, why not scuba in a pool alone? I use the LDS pool alone lots of times. Perhaps being alone will build confidence. Remember, being in the water or any non-standard environment requires you to think and be alert. If your mind wanders, that's when you'll be in trouble. As a new diver, enjoy the pool, but don't get creative. Stick to the standard drills and practice. There's time to be adventurous later on.
Kilili
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yes....
scubadobadoo
Contributor
I do it and have done it. I see no issue with it but people have died in pools while using scuba before and while unsupervised. Some using re-breathers granted. Crap happens but it's not likely. I have read about people tripping during a shore dive and hitting there head and passing out and dying in one foot of water because nobody was there to help. Could happen in a pool with all the gear on. Divers have died due to heart failure in very shallow water. It's not the diving accident or other issue that kills you usually, it's the drowning usually. You are much more likely to drown if unsupervised I would argue in most cases.
Well, the closest I've come to drowning on scuba was in a pool . . . and I wasn't even solo!
But that was a very artificial situation. I have done a lot of solo diving in our pool, when there wasn't even anybody else at home, and I have never felt the risks were excessive. There is no entanglement hazard in our pool, and other than entanglement, one should be able to swim to the surface from 10 feet underwater!
But that was a very artificial situation. I have done a lot of solo diving in our pool, when there wasn't even anybody else at home, and I have never felt the risks were excessive. There is no entanglement hazard in our pool, and other than entanglement, one should be able to swim to the surface from 10 feet underwater!
SoccerJeni
Scuba Baby
I don't think it's bad to be alone in the pool. However, my LDS requires that someone is at least in the pool room, even if they are sitting outside the water.
