Sharks vs. Cave Diving

[MarineResearch]

You are more likely to die traveling to the dive site.

If the number of dives you have logged is accurate, you need a lot more training before contemplating cave diving. You will eventually need advanced nitrox and decompression procedure certifications before you can complete the full cave course. However, you can take the Cavern and Introduction to Cave courses to see if it is really something that you like.

Cave diving without training will likely lead to your death.

 

[knowone]

A healthy respectful fear of possibles and probables is good.

Psychological fear is multiplied in caves.

 

[diver 85]

caves, I would think......

 

[Scubagolf]

In 2010, there were 79 reported shark attacks world-wide, with 6 fatalities. I believe none of these were scuba divers.

Florida alone averages 6.2 cave-diving fatalities annually, about 80% of which are either under-trained or not trained at all for cave diving.

 

[DivingPhan]

i would say caves because if you DONT know exactly what your doing then you lost and running out of air with no where to go, also you in an over head environment which means you cant make a direct ascent if something happens to go wrong such as a freeflow
also alot of the gear that divers wear throw off the senses that sharks use to navigate and things becasue of all the magnetism which is why almost all shark attacks you hear of arent divers being attacked its surfers or snorkelers

 

[Squirrel Girl]

Florida alone averages 6.2 cave-diving fatalities annually, about 80% of which are either under-trained or not trained at all for cave diving.

Where'd that statistic come from?

 

[robbcayman]

Sharks are ambush predators and rarely sneak up on divers. Hence, when they rarely attack humans, it's almost always an ambush on a swimmer at the surface.

There are certainly more people who die in caves. Several die due to equipment failure i.e. rebreather issues. Some divers really push it in caves and they are a long ways from being able to surface if something does go wrong. I've also heard of divers who aren't familiar with caves who ignore the rules of thirds and run out of gas on the way back.

 

[Belmont]

In a cave, if you have the proper training and equipment, you are in control of most any situation.

In the ocean you have to face a variable on which you have no control: a living predator with unpredictable behavior.

 

[philmayer]

It's been a couple years since I saw a study, but at the time there were 6 people killed that year worldwide by sharks. None were divers. 6 is the average I see in every study.

In that same year, 27 people were killed in the US by vending machines falling on them.

Don't worry about sharks or caves, it's the vending machines that'll get you!

 

[DevonDiver]

What kills more divers... Godzilla or Deco?