The biggest dangers I ran into personally: 1) Idiot dive partners. One caught a sea snake by hand, then realized he could not just release it. Others were incompetent and forced me to risk decompression sickness to save them. 2) Infection from coral. I was doing a clean up and lost focus, ran my arm across coral. 3) Dive boat that drifted away and left me and my buddy behind.

Hey thanks for the honest video. Im so nervous about diving, but this made less nervous. Thank you, apreciate it!!

Hello Katt. I did my OW Portion(PADI) on Aug 5 and 6 2023. It was a Lake with 2-3 Ft Visibility. In all my life I Never swam in a lake. Let alone in one. Admittedly I was a bit Apprehensive at first. But It wasn't a problem. on the third and final dive(Aug 5) we did a Decent without a line. I was the Last one to go down. Couldn't see where I was. Almost smacked into a rock. Thinking I overshot the 20 ft platform, I swam with the rocks to my left. Then wondered where I was?? Saw a platform in the distance. Went to it. Nobody was there. I'm on the Wrong platform at 30 Ft. Did an Unsupervised Ascent. About 15 Ft my(Personal) Dive computer went nuts. I'm coming up too fast(Not kicking, Holding the Purge Button open). First thought was Lung Over expansion. Then I did a Slow Exhale the rest of the way up. On the surface I found my bearings. I was on the Opposite side of the Training Area. Surface Swam to where I needed to be. Waited. Spoke to people on the Dock. Including another Diver who told me I did the right thing. Ended up meeting the Instructor on my way down. He had me do the CESA twice since I didn't make the "Ahh" sound. If I didn't tell him what happened to me, He wouldn't have known. Was I Scared? No. Panic? No. I Remembered my Pool Training in May 2023. Panic is the #1 Killer of Divers. Part of my problem was, I'm too Positive Buoyant. 7mm, 2 Piece wetsuit, 22 Pounds Lead. I couldn't descend feet first.Had to slow kick my way down. It took almost no air in the BC for me to float. I am 5' 4" and weight about 150 Pounds. 30" Waist.

Katt, I will watch tonight when I come home from work

What things are you afraid of in the ocean? Let me know what Ive missed.

Hydroids, like Fire Coral, are definitely something you want to avoid. I brushed up against some in Bali and had a very itchy rash for a couple weeks!

Service intervals depend on the brand. Most of the quality brands are two years or every 100 dives whichever comes sooner.

The banana superstition I’ve seen on fishing boats the most. I’ll still follow it on dive boats.

For new people in scuba, the most important thing is a good instructor, that will keep you away from dangerous fish, dangerous corals, dangerous currents, bad equipment, basically everything you've mentioned. Noob scuba divers should not have to worry about all these things, a professional instructor should make their experience safe and fun. Hey I don't like adding comments like this, but you sound more like sharing you top 10 scary experiences rather than helping people with scuba. You are actually telling people that they SHOULD BE AFRAID of things and the refences to the 'unforgiving mistress', this will more likely discourage people from trying scuba. Your advice about 'quick pop ups' to see where the boat is, then dive again, sounds like a non-standard dive profile, that has requirements that you don't even mention, not sure this is good advise imho

Advice number 1 is never ever dive alone.

Do you still have problem with dry hair after diving? Because there is a life hack to fix that if you're interested.

New divers with a Go-Pro

Hi Katt, when i get lost underwater i ask a puffin for directions.

When I did my deep dive certification in Spain, I told my divemaster, because I had more weight I would may descent faster then her, if so I would just wait at the anchor same if we would lost each other I would go back to the anchor and wait there for a while. To behonest I hate this one Minute rule. Don't understand me wrong it wouldn't help to search for hours if you lost each other. But I wish the rule would be like two minutes or so. 1 Minute search and an additional Minute at a meeting point. I know it's maybe not always possible, but I would love to change the rules this way. I guess 2 Minutes should be possible.

Answer: HUMAN

Are you sure you were an instructor? If so, i am pleased to know you are no longer! Thank you!

Cut the crap and get to the point !