• comrade19@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Theres a good podcasts by stuff you should know on this. A scary thought to me is about kicking up sediment, causing zero visibility and they cant even see their hand in front of their goggles

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      1 year ago

      I’ve done training dives in man made quarries under zero visibility conditions. There’s no way in hell I’d go into an actual cave under those conditions.

      It was bad enough when you’d almost run into a purposefully placed sculpture or bathtub in that flooded quarry.

      You had to do a scavenger hunt to find stuff to pass your training and it was super disorienting.

      I don’t know if PADI still does that sort of thing or if it was unique to my training center conditions but it was wild.

      I’ll stick to open water, thank you very much.

      • subtext@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Oh those sorts of training conditions absolutely still exist. I got my rescue diving certification in an old quarry much like what you said. Really helps make you appreciate the conditions when out in the Caribbean and you have >100 ft of visibility in every direction.

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        1 year ago

        If this is the clip I think it is it’s been the joke of the cave diving community. Cerrone has almost reached meme status for this interview. Watch the Dive Talk video reacting to this clip if you’re curious.