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Re:The Blue Hole in the Red Sea is the deadliest dive site i... by agent008t on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:29AM (#26954972)
Sorry if it put you off! For balance, diving can also be a very magical and surprisingly calm/zen-like experience. The best diving experiences I have had were in fairly shallow warm water (10-12m?) with great visibility. It is amazing seeing see-turtles, schools of fish, corals. It is like visiting a completely different world!

Basically, as long as you dive in much better conditions than what you trained/qualified for, you will have a great time. Well worth doing.

I just wish more dive shops were on the more conservative side. And that they had better boats with less fumes and less waiting around!

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Re:The Blue Hole in the Red Sea is the deadliest dive site i... by 101008 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:51AM (#26955183)
I totally believe you, that diving in shallow water must be amazing and not that dangerous, but now I am scared that some teacher may start there and then "obligate" you to go deeper! "Just a few more meters, everything will be fine" :)

Thanks anyway for worrying about me, ha!

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Re:The Blue Hole in the Red Sea is the deadliest dive site i... by bonzini on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:21PM (#26961005)
Every dive is briefed on the boat. These days they will also have a website explaining the dives, the required certifications and maximum depth reached.

"A few meters more" is not dangerous per se unless you go below 24 meters (80 ft), but I agree it would be very bad to do that without the divemaster telling you before and also without him/her being a certified instructor.

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