Things I learned about diving from the movies.

[NauticalbutNice]

Everyone who exits the water has neatly slicked back hair.
No matter how bad it looks, underwater it's still, blue, well lit with great vis.
No one stumbles on exiting onto the shore - they simply walk out, their fins apparently disappearing!
And, according to many movies, fins are optional extras!

Nauticalbutnice :fruit:

 

[theskull]

Found or borrowed gear always fits!

If you swim fast it's easier to find your destination.

You always find your destination!

Gear is color coordinated for the good vs bad guys.

A search & recovery diver always finds the object--first try.

theskull

 

[MikeC]

Things I learned about diving from the movies.
GrierHPharmD



Heroes' guns don't get wet, and even fire from underwater.

A wet firearm just means rust and rotting wood, if any wood is on the gun.

Guns do fire underwater. the problem is any air bubbles that might be trapped in the barrel. To the speeding bullet, the tiny air bubble acts like a boulder, the gun will "blow up" in your hands.

The Soviets apparently developed a firearm that could be fired underwater reliably. Not sure how many they built or how good they were.

 

[BabyDuck]

Divers always share a few after-dive beers when they’re back on the boat.

and this is a myth how, grier? how about...

to go to the deepest depths or most challenging caves or wrecks, all you ever need is a basic stab jacket gear set and bathing suit. the flip side of this, however, is that to do a little gentle reef drifting, you need doubles with extra slung tanks and all the scary-looking tech gear.

 

[PhotoTJ]

Hey, Elvis dove tech! And on his last day as a navy diver, he met a hot chick, de-activated a mine, and found sunken treasure. And busted into song on the motor launch. The King, indeed!

'Easy come, easy go.'

 

[TheYellowSubmarine]

Divers always share a few after-dive beers when they’re back on the boat.

I didn't learn this from the movies, I learnt it in real life
One of my friends couldn't wait till after the dive and drank it underwater

 

[mania]

Divers always wear tuxedos under their dry suits
Mania

 

[Spoon]

some sharks are none to carry bad grudges and it can even be passed on genetically to the next generation.

all divers in movies can do very technical wrecks with ease.

moral eels like chompping heads of hapless divers.

 

[Logiconor]

Nobody ever smokes on a dive boat.

Not exactly a dive boat, but that image just sprang to mind when i read that

 

[LeFlaneur]

See, that's why you should never smoke on a dive boat. Sharks are able to detect that smooth blend of Virginian and Turkish from a mile off. Hence the ad campaign: "I'd swim a mile for a Camel."