I am 24 years old I am enrolled in a scuba diving class. I told my dad and he wiged out. He’s seen someone die?
at that. I told him it is a class not an actual diving expedition. How can I get him to understand I’ll be okay and the class will be fine? Are the majority of divers male or female and if so why?
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Diving is actually very safe if you take the training seriously. Most of the people who have died doing it did something very careless or forgot their training. It’s dangerous if you don’t follow the safety rules, but so is driving a car or even taking a shower. Just assure him that you will be careful and pay close attention in class. As long as you do that there will be very little danger.
I’ve been a diver (sport diver) since 1984. Also trained as a rescue diver. I have never seen anyone die, though I have studied cases.
Human error is the cause. From what I have seen, to make it short, most cases seem to be a case of ‘sloppy’ preparation. That includes taking ‘short cuts’ with the rules.
Respect the power of the sea and remember it only takes a second to make a fatal error, and you will be fine.
I don’t know the actual break down, but my original class was equal parts female to male. One of my check out instructors was female. Gender certainly has no effect once under the water…or above it in my opinion.
As a former paramedic, I used diving to deal with the stress. It is a wonderful hobby so long as one pays attention at all times.
First of all, you are 24 years old. While you should always love and respect your father, whether or not you go scuba diving, or sky diving or bull riding is entirely your decision. At your age I was raising my own family.
Diving, if done by properly, trained persons who follow accepted safety procedures is a relatively low risk (not not a NO risk) endeavor. I haven’t been able to dive for years because of ear problems, but I wish I could.
I have seen lots and lots of people die, under lots of different circumstances, but that doesn’t mean that we should just dry up and sit in a safe corner of our home. We will ALL die eventually. It is better to get the most out of what time we do have, and if for you that is scuba diving, then do it. Just tell him that you are well trained and follow the appropriate safety rules.
Back when I was diving, all of my civilian dive buddies were males, but we always knew some young women who were divers. Over the years, having traveled to lots of neat places where diving and snorkeling is popular, I have seen lots of female divers. So i guess it would be fair to say that while there are more male divers, a reasonable percentage are women.
The easy question to answer is – the majority of divers are male. But females are starting to catch up. Now a days we are seeing about 3 out of 10 students are female.
I think to work the situation out there’s a few things you can do to make it better. First: find out about the class and make sure it is a good one. Be able to share with your dad why you selected this class and this instructor. Things to look for in a class are mainly the more time and less people the better. Classes of 6 students to 1 instructor are ideal. You also want as many pool sessions (or confined water) as possible. Many classes give 2, some 3. I would personally say 3 should be the absolute minimum. The more time in the water, the more comfortable you will be = the safer you will be. As far as the instructor, how many classes have they taught? Do they only teach the basic open water class or do they teach advanced classes. – Are they still learning? There are many classes to take, are they continuing to become better divers?
The equipment and standards have gotten safer over the years. The training sadly has not. We have become a society where “I want to be certified now!” means shorter more distilled classes. Accelerated programs cut out valuable time where you could make a mistake as you gain experience in the presence of an instructor in stead of on your own. So what would be a learning experience will now be much more stressful…
The best way to do it is once you get certified, find good experienced divers to dive with. See you you can buddy up with a divemaster or instructor a few times. This will add an extra level of safety.
If he drives, let him know he’s got a better chance of getting hit by a 747 crashing on his car roof, than you do of getting hurt unless you act irresponsibly. Those are pretty well the odds. It’s safer diving than driving and it’s safer than flying too, which is safer than getting in your car.
Your Dad may have succumbed to the nonsense that diving is “macho” or something only male “thrill seekers” do. Far from it. You’ll find that divers are the most responsible, buddy caring folk that ever walked the earth.
In response to your last question, for the most part male. Not because it requires male muscle power to do. Mostly because women don’t seem to be interested or assume it’s out of their realm because of stupid preconceptions that it’s a dangerous, male only thing to do.
Utter bunk and bullsh*t. I know a 95 pound 45 ish woman that took her set of doubles in tech gear up a staircase of over 100 steps, to dive a lift lock in Kirkfield Ontario. I was puffing with a single alum 80, right on her tails.
The best tech diver I know is female. That’s out of all my pals both in recreational as well as commercial diving. She’s no butch either. She’s just good at what she does.