Is diving really dangerous?
Because the media tends to portray diving as high adventure or dangerous, many people falsely believe that diving is an extreme sport. Fortunately, the truth isn’t quite so exciting. Because of the strict training standards found in most scuba courses, the reliability of scuba equipment, and the strict adherence to safe diving practiced by most trained divers, very few people are injured while diving. In fact, the rate of injury per participant is about the same for diving as it is for bowling. Generally when injuries do occur, it is because someone participates in diving without proper training or a properly trained diver disregards his training.
