Is Scuba Diving Safe?
Statistically scuba diving has fewer injuries than most sports including bowling. You are more likely to get hurt driving a car to the site than diving once you get there. However, being underwater, scuba diving is inherently dangerous. This is minimized through proper training, skills development, following dive plans, diving with your buddy, and not diving beyond your limits. You cannot get tanks filled, rent equipment or dive from a scuba charter in most parts of the world without presenting a card showing that you are a certified diver.
