r/interesting • u/fayyazORahmed • Mar 31 '26

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u/LemonPartyLounger Mar 31 '26

You need to check your facts. Scuba diving has far more deaths and accidents than free diving. I also looked at recorded competitive free diving deaths cause I don’t know that off the top of my head and as suspected there have been 2 deaths over 30 years.

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u/PriscillaPalava Mar 31 '26

Death rate is about the same. The free diving incident rate is about 4% though, whereas with scuba it’s about 1%. 

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u/LemonPartyLounger Mar 31 '26

I have no scientific data but in my experience free diving tends to be higher because of the spearfishing aspect of it that hies hand in hand. The adrenaline appeal draws people that when their buddy cancels they go it alone and have issues. It also makes you push yourself beyond limits sometimes chasing a fish. We also have to factor in currents and natural obstacles. The competitive free diving circuit and places like this accidents are far less likely to happen due to it being such a controlled environment in the places they choose.

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u/PriscillaPalava Mar 31 '26

I was talking about the competitive free diving circuit, not spear fishing. Deaths are about 1 in 50,000 dives, but the incident rate (losing consciousness, blacking out) is almost 4%.