If you find yourself in very cold water, then the best thing to do is to try swim on your back, it will save your life

My heart goes out to you and your family i lost my cousin yesterday in the worcestershire quarry he went out with his friends like a normal day he jumped in once and got out fine he jumped in the second time but at a higher side of the quarry and struggled to get out im in so much shock that we lost our cousin i feel like its all a dream stay safe guys and dont jump in quarrys theyre killers and are so dangerous please stay safe guys❤

People just need to exercise caution, I swim outdoors all the time, the sea is cold but people still swim in it, and the sea has rip currents. Other countries like Germany create nice swimming areas from old quarries. In the UK we just rob the ground of its mineral wealth and create YET ANOTHER PAY TO FISH LAKE. Accidents and drownings have always happened, they happen every year around the coast, but we do not fence off the beaches and put up warning signs of deep cold water. It is more about people being careful if you do not think you can adapt to cold water stay out. My body adjusts within about two minutes and then I enjoy my swim. You have to be careful not to swim underwater or dive into water where you do not know the depths, you must first check for underwater obstructions. The quarry I swim in has underwater branches and hazards but with care, it is very safe. If you are not confident swim with a buddy or swim with a line attached to a float. Be cautious before the water temperatures have time to increase and the thermocline gets established in summer. The place I swim actually got too warm for me in summer, I had to go to a spring-fed oxbow lake for a cooler swim. Swimming under the influence of drink or drugs is stupid, do not do it! Take a picnic, but do not expect to eat a massive meal and then be safe in the water. Most importantly of all, create goodwill with landowners by taking all your litter home with you in a bag, no exceptions.

Thank you for explaining why people are dying in these quarries I just watched several videos and I just wasn't understanding why so many people are dying in these quarries but finally your video has explained good video thanks

When the water is that ripply there is also a current. I once swam by myself in a lake and didn't pay attention and was carried down towards the dam and had to swim against the current back to shore. I was so fatigued when I got out of that water, I knew if I had been in the water any longer I would have drowned. So I don't swim by myself anymore.

We had a gravel pit within 10 miles of where I grew up. We were there a bunch. We heard of underwater currents, large fish and a bunch of other excuses not to go there to swim. I do remember one guy that drowned there. I didn't know him as he was older. 30 something I think. He tied a heavy thing to himself and carried it off a ledge everyone knew of. 30 feet on the bottom is where they found him. My babysitter would not let us go there the next day and we missed the recovery. She knew him and cried all morning about how the under current must have got him. I'm talking 1983 ish.

When he said there's a 100 ft drop off of the shallow edge and you wouldn't be able to pull yourself back up I fucken got chills in my body. So scary

Cold water?... nothing unusual, Deep water?... not uncommon, Branches and debris near waters edge?... every swimming hole has them. Unsupervised and unattended 15 year old's? Now that's the problem.

We have a problem with people swimming in the lakes and quarries near our house. Despite the signs and the fact someone sadly drowned in the lake last year it does not seem to get through to people on how dangerous it is. This doesn’t even account for what kinds of illnesses can be caught from the blue/ green algae. I think people really believe they are super human and it won’t happen to them.

Quarries are spring fed. Extremely cold beneath the surface. Diving down is where people get in trouble

I dive these quarrys and can tell you even in summer the water can be very cold and some quarrys in the uk are 80 to 100 meters deep once you start sinking you will be dead way before you hit the bottom

Ada Haden Lake in Ames, Iowa was once a quarry and has since been converted into a nature park with prairies, wetlands, bike trails, and the lake itself, which people bank fish, kayak on etc. But motorized boats and swimming are against the law there. And the water there is at it's deepest around 40 feet I think. Interestingly, the lake also serves as a backup water source for the city

why not blow out the sides and make a safe swimming area. seems to me the government is just cheap and careless. Here in canada many quarries get one side "dropped" in so that there is a nice swimming area.

It seems to me that there needs to be better regulation of how these quarries can be left before digging stops for good. Are there not patterns of excavation that prevent leaving dangerous outcroppings or submerged equipment behind?

As an avid cliff jumper, this video was really well made. Most news videos out there just bring some annoying Karen news reporter onto the scene who always chalks it up to the same stereotype, and have a lot of misinformation. They say it's dangerous and stupid blaw, blaw, blaw, but they never accurately explain why it's dangerous.

I've been swimming there and it was great but it is true about the ledges not so much the cold water though (if you go on a hot day). there is about 1.5m of sloped rock to stand on and then a sheer drop.

Tale is you can dive in at flat rock at the Ketona rock quarry in Birmingham Alabama. And come up at the other end of the quarry without ever surfacing due to currents. I have seen a umbrella post shoot out at around 10+ feet due to currents at flat rock in 83'...

We have the same issues here in the US. Why do we allow companies that made a huge profit to just up and leave these places unguarded? It's ridiculous

I've been swimming in places like this all my life. Don't be stupid and you'll be fine.

I worked at Whataburger with a young man who was just 18 who died in one of these swimming with his friends something got wrapped around his foot his friends weren't able to make it to him in time

isn't the water in lakes and he sea also cold ?

Yes, a good bit of Coke plants usually from the same owners did have pipes running into the old abandoned quarry's. It's the 50-60° water temperatures and currents in the water as well as rock shelves ranging from 10- 150ft.

It’s about as dangerous as going to the beach. Are we gonna push to put an end to that as well?

Stagnant water surrounded by natural stone will stay cold basically year round. Probably colder than the ocean on the same days. Plus there's more gravitational pull in quarries because of the vacuum of dead space

The trick is to stay horizontal and lay on your back, keep your feet out of the deep because the water is colder there and your legs could cramp. And just use common sense so don't swim too far out, remember that you also have to swim back to the shore.

Great work guys! Much appreciated.

This happened in my area 8 years ago w a thirteen year old boy in the Uk and there are still two access routes to get past the high fence

Do they have any quarries in the UK that have been turned into safe legal swim clubs, that are staffed by life guards?

I remeber some highschool dudes going in to a qyarey like a normal pond . Upto 12 feet 4 feet water then suddenly 50 feet drop 1 of them didn't knew swimming well and drowned

Who the fuck wants to swim in the UK with a total of one week of decent temperatures, of course its bloody cold it is not given a chance to warm up. Yeah pop off to your local swimming baths and miss the whole point and excitement of swimming in the wild, listen to the Health and Safety patrol..

Its not illegal to have a dip in these old Quarry lakes like it isnt illegal to have a dip in the sea but enter at your own risk has always been the case. Top tips are - Always wear atleast a 5mm - 7mm wetsuit, surfing wetsuit, boots and surf cap and gloves and always wear a buoyancy aid vest if you intend to enter the water even if you believe your a strong swimmer.

I DON'T GET IT BECAUSE ITS "SO DEEP ITS TO COLD TO STAY A FLOAT" ? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SINCE. YOU EVER SWIM OUT AT SEA ?

Yup good advice if you can't use your head out there don't try it....

How do you people tolerate the cold water please tell me

but why is it so dangerous?

Can someone explain why it's so dangerous is it because people can't swim or is it because of some fish

The amount of reports that come out of the USA saying swimming in a quarry is dangerous you will die!Not explaining bloody why! Britain: yea the water is cold mate, straight to the point.

Maybe, teaching a child to swim and swim well enough to be able to know where thier limits lie. Also spending the time at bodies of water as these insuring they learn to respect all water. We have the same nonsense in Iowa and it's not the fault of the water. I was 3ft. from a friend when he went under. It never occurred to any of the people who knew he couldn't swim to say so, until he lost his air, I still blame myself. But in the end he was never shown respect for water and it cost him. I'm so sorry Kieth. I wish it had been me instead of you.

Is it dangerous if you just Swim with a life vest???

I just cliff jump with a tube ready for me to hop on too w friends

At the time they paddel 100 meters on the lake, the guy who screamed help is dead. What is that shit.

Recorded horizontally😀👍

This is why I don’t trust Querries

if ur drowning......Then why dont you just swim?

So there’s no real problem with quarries compared to any other body of cold, nature speckled water

The real reason they don't want you swimming in the quarry is chemical dumping. The quarry is a convenient place for the mining company to illegally dump their toxic waste. Swimming is dangerous no matter where you swim. They don't want you swimming at the quarry because they don't to be held liable in case you get injured and they don't want to admit they jump their toxic waste in there.

Maybe there should be a law where they must fill them back in !

I so sry

You shouldn be in tge water if you cant swim

I bet this is what happened to lady from Glee.

Really? You're scare mongering about swimming in quarries or strip mines? People swim in the ocean which has sharks, humboldt squid, salt water crocodiles, orcas, strong currents, hurricanes, and tsunamis. The water is cold? I have swam in a spring fed stream. It's no big deal. Heat can cause muscle cramps too.

They should fill these in with rocks or something

wot m8??

When Mother Nature wants people to stop killing animals.

it's why you wear a weatsuit.

No quarries. I got this.

somebody made a huge proift digging this deathtrap! Why are these people not forced to restore this quarry into a safe condition?

My father told me about when he was a kid and a local quarry, they would find large rocks and swim out into the quarry and allow the stones to drag them down deep into the water to see how far down they could go. No one ever got hurt or drowned. When I was a kid we used to jump off a sheer cliff into this natural "well" to prove our bravery to each other. The "well" was about 15 feet in diameter and 40 feet deep to the water's surface. The water was about 15 feet deep. None of us ever got hurt except for one kid who was drunk. The thing about governments is that they have to have something to do or else they worry about being useless, so they tend to make more and more laws and find new things to make people worry about in order to maintain their relevance. Safety commissions are the most likely to do this.

Put some lifeguards on duty.

😂😂😂 this is the one I was in today haha it just depends what position you jump into , don't advise going into the middle though

this is a tipical fire service scare mongering video, specifically designed to put people off of what to me, is about the greatest passtime in the world, open water swimming. the fire service has always been very anti open water swimming, and can't seem to get how enjoyable it is compared to boring indoor pool swimming. some of us don't want to be 100% safe all the time, so back off and stop nannying us! also, there is plenty of info from places like wildswimming.com, and the outdoor swimming society, that gives advice about cold water, getting tangled, and such, to let people decide for ourselves, rather than being dictated to by these fire service killjoys.

Still the people don't want to listen

Stay healthy and learn how to swim

all these videos, claiming quarry's are a dangerous place to swim, cant tell us why, other than the typical hazards you look out for as a swimmer. I would like a 'real' reason aka-undertows.. nope, whirlpools.. nope, sharks or gators...hope not.

Start making the companies that own these fence off,drain or fill them in,enough with the free ride.

in my opinion, if a quarry is being abandoned it should be by law that the company that dug it, has to put up fences, or some other way to stop people from going in. if not that at least warning signs.

Why are people so stupid? Do not ignore the signs!!!

these wild swimming sites don't help

Fear Propaganda.

Stop being coward