Also, if you step off (not roll from sitting or jumping away) facing away from the boat,
Wut. The two standard methods of entry are rolling off like in the pic, or just walking off the back of the boat. The tanks aren’t thousands of pounds, you weigh more than them.
I was with a new diver and he did this. He just stepped off (the side, not even the back) without enough clearance and got just enough roll from the tank weight to bust open the back of his head.
Never underestimate people’s capacity for stupidity.
I don’t know. I was ~15 and I remember that the kid was bleeding a ton, the guide was pale as hell and the captain was gunning that boat to shore like a bat out of hell. That crack sound when someone hits their head really hard is something that stays with you.
Since, even though I haven’t gone for a dive in like twenty years, I’ve been super annoying about telling people how to enter water. In pools too. I’m that annoying dude that tells kids not to dive head first into pools. Sorry, not sorry.
Do you mean with a scuba tank? What’s the problem if one dives in without a tank? Is the danger that they could decide to jump in from the shallow side?
The context was in the four words prior, “tells kids not to”. You see it a lot. Little kids get excited, start diving in head first everywhere and some hit the shallows or bench, or steps. Thankfully, kids are light, bendy, and able to regrow teeth.
Wut. The two standard methods of entry are rolling off like in the pic, or just walking off the back of the boat. The tanks aren’t thousands of pounds, you weigh more than them.
Source: I actually dive.
I was with a new diver and he did this. He just stepped off (the side, not even the back) without enough clearance and got just enough roll from the tank weight to bust open the back of his head. Never underestimate people’s capacity for stupidity.
Ouch. Maybe he smacked the tank on the back of the boat from not stepping out far enough?
I don’t know. I was ~15 and I remember that the kid was bleeding a ton, the guide was pale as hell and the captain was gunning that boat to shore like a bat out of hell. That crack sound when someone hits their head really hard is something that stays with you.
Since, even though I haven’t gone for a dive in like twenty years, I’ve been super annoying about telling people how to enter water. In pools too. I’m that annoying dude that tells kids not to dive head first into pools. Sorry, not sorry.
Do you mean with a scuba tank? What’s the problem if one dives in without a tank? Is the danger that they could decide to jump in from the shallow side?
The context was in the four words prior, “tells kids not to”. You see it a lot. Little kids get excited, start diving in head first everywhere and some hit the shallows or bench, or steps. Thankfully, kids are light, bendy, and able to regrow teeth.
I guess if you go in on a steep angle you could face plant, but that would take some special sort of doofus to manage.
Someone with no experience / knowledge copying another or something similar, maybe
Special sort of doofus reporting in, I’m still missing part of my front tooth from when I was young and dumb.
Ah, yes - young - I hadn’t thought of that!
I’d be worried about clipping the tank on the back of the boat because I didn’t put enough clearance between me and the boat.
Source: I watched a video of someone diving once. (source unrelated)
Uh huh, one of those “parody” videos from an 18+ website
“What are you doing step-respirator?”
Oh, well that sounds kinda fun…
It’s called a giant step for a reason.