I've been diving since 1969 & have had very few incidents (other than losing my friend & diving buddy to a massive heart attack while swimming on our way back to shore during a beach dive) I live in Massachusetts so most of my diving has been in local waters during the summer/fall months. I must say that what scares me the most is not sharks, Killer Whales or what others (usually non-divers) think would be dangerous down there........It is getting tangled in seemingly inocent & ubiquitous fishing lines, lobster trap lines, dive float lines, etc!! Yes, I do carry a dive knife (which I would never dive without but which, luckily, I have never had to unsheath) for just that eventuality, but I still try to steer clear of any such lines anyway. (Funny how something so innocent on the surface can be so dangerous down below!) Just wondering what things cause concern to other experienced divers ??
What Scares You The Most?
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Hands down, propellers.
lamont
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The more experienced I get the more I agree that propellers are the thing to fear.
danktex
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My Halcyon inflater.
I agree with propellers and/or getting run down by a boat. I once had a boat split me and my buddy in Florida. The surface is the most dangerous place for a diver.
BHB ScubaTroll
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Trigger Fish! They could go off at any time!
lamont
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And the really scary thing about propellers are that the advertised mechanism for keeping them away (a dive flag) only seems to attract them, and a boat violating a dive flag never gets assessed a ticket. I hardly ever use a dive flag, unless its in an area where I think I might get a ticket, but instead plan on treating the surface like a soft overhead environment and surfacing only in shallow waters... On boats, I really appreciate captains who will use their boat as a ram to keep other boats off of divers down below...
wilkie
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Loss of consciousness, from any cause = BAD NEWS....
Ditto on the propellers.
Ditto on the propellers.
Definately propellers and triggerfish.
I have seen triggerfish make grown men cry.
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I have seen triggerfish make grown men cry.
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lamont
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breathing the wrong gas.
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