Scuba Diving: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:23, 13 September 2025

Scuba diving is a popular and relatively safe recreational activity, but like any adventure, it has inherent risks. Most of these risks are well understood and can be significantly managed through proper training, planning, and equipment.

This page provides interactive tools to help you understand two of the key risks in diving: the risk of a fatal incident and the risk of Decompression Sickness (DCS), also known as "the bends." Use the dropdown menus below to see how different factors can influence your personal risk on a single dive.

Your Personalized Dive Risk

Tell us a little about yourself and the type of dive you're planning.

What is your age group? [{"Age_Selector":"Under 40 years old","DCS_Age_Multiplier":"1.0","Fatality_Age_Multiplier":"1.0"},{"Age_Selector":"40-49 years old","DCS_Age_Multiplier":"1.34","Fatality_Age_Multiplier":"1.5"},{"Age_Selector":"50-59 years old","DCS_Age_Multiplier":"1.81","Fatality_Age_Multiplier":"2.5"},{"Age_Selector":"60+ years old","DCS_Age_Multiplier":"2.43","Fatality_Age_Multiplier":"4.0"}]

What is your biological sex? (This primarily affects DCS risk) [{"Sex_Selector":"Female","DCS_Sex_Multiplier":"1.0"},{"Sex_Selector":"Male","DCS_Sex_Multiplier":"2.11"}]

What is your diving experience level? [{"Experience_Selector":"Novice Diver (<20 dives)","Fatality_Experience_Multiplier":"2.0"},{"Experience_Selector":"Experienced Recreational Diver (>20 dives, no planned decompression)","Fatality_Experience_Multiplier":"1.0"},{"Experience_Selector":"Technical Diver (planned decompression, caves, deep wrecks)","Fatality_Experience_Multiplier":"3.0"}]

What kind of dive profile are you planning? [{"Profile_Selector":"Stayed within No-Decompression Limits","DCS_Profile_Multiplier":"1.0"},{"Profile_Selector":"Required mandatory decompression stops","DCS_Profile_Multiplier":"10.0"}]

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-= Scuba Diving =
+__NOTOC__
+Scuba diving is a popular and relatively safe recreational activity, but like any adventure, it has inherent risks. Most of these risks are well understood and can be significantly managed through proper training, planning, and equipment.
-Scuba diving is a popular recreational activity, but it comes with risks such as fatalities, serious injuries, and decompression sickness (DCS). This calculator provides estimates of these risks per dive based on data from authoritative sources like DAN and peer-reviewed studies. The purpose is to inform divers of typical probabilities for recreational SCUBA diving.
+This page provides interactive tools to help you understand two of the key risks in diving: the risk of a fatal incident and the risk of Decompression Sickness (DCS), also known as "the bends." Use the dropdown menus below to see how different factors can influence your personal risk on a single dive.
-== Your Inputs ==
+=== Your Personalized Dive Risk ===
-Select your diving experience level. Novices (fewer than 20 dives) have higher risks.
+Tell us a little about yourself and the type of dive you're planning.
-<dropdown table="Experience" column="ExperienceLevel" default="More than 20 dives" />
-Select your gender. Risks differ between males and females.
+'''What is your age group?'''
-<dropdown table="Gender" column="Gender" default="Male" />
+<dropdown table="AgeData" />
-== Your Results ==
+'''What is your biological sex?''' (This primarily affects DCS risk)
-<riskdisplay model="Fatality" />
+<dropdown table="SexData" />
-<riskdisplay model="Serious Injury" />
-<riskdisplay model="DCS" />
-See the [[Scuba Diving/Data|data page]] for all of the details on how these risks are calculated.
+'''What is your diving experience level?'''
+<dropdown table="ExperienceData" />
-Initially created by Grok 4.
+'''What kind of dive profile are you planning?'''
+<dropdown table="ProfileData" />
+=== Your Estimated Risk Per Dive ===
+==== Risk of a Fatal Incident ====
+<riskdisplay model="FatalityRisk" />
+==== Risk of Decompression Sickness (DCS) ====
+<riskdisplay model="DCSRisk" />
+See the [[Scuba_Diving/Data|data page]] for all of the details on how these risks are calculated.
+Initially created by Gemini 1.5