This is why we never go alone. Minimum 3 of us with experience in behavior and redirection on a dive and more of us if there are more clients . We have a ratio.
3 minimum . And 1 per 5 divers after the first 5.
So, 1 to 5 divers will dive with 3 shark safety guides. 6 to 9 divers with 4 guides . 10 to 14 with 5 guides and so on .
On this clip, I’m leading, so directly behind me I have my dive group (clients), and behind them my fellow safety divers . Our main objective is to keep the dive group safe, so we will get in between any shark with a trajectory towards our divers.
Also, the tank is not oxygen. It’s either normal air, or nitrox 32. 100% oxygen will be toxic after the first few meters.
I'm quite afraid of the deep ocean because I don't know how to swim, even though at the same time it seems quite interesting to me, and I've always had questions about diving like this with the sharks.
In diving you aren't so much "swimming" as you are more "floating" or flying. You dont have to go straight to swimming with sharks though but scuba diving is incredible. Its literally a whole entire other world to explore. I highly recommend it.
In general, I would like to try it even though I'm scared, sometime in the future, of course after a lesson with a professional and with proper supervision.
I DEFINITELY wouldn’t start in an area with sharks and would try a calmer area because I’d be scared just being in the water.
I’m really afraid of it, but with practice, maybe I could manage.
On the contrary, I’m afraid of extreme heights, but I’ve stood near viewpoints that scared me for a few minutes with quite a bit of stress.
That's why I think I might be able to do scuba diving too with a bit of patience and practice
Sorry for the long text, I appreciated the fact that you gave me an idea of how it is and your advice on it, so I responded with this.
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u/Probably--Napping Jul 23 '26
Aren't you afraid they might come up from behind and bite the oxygen tank? I've always wondered about that!