Why do divers jump backwards from boats when they enter the water? is it always done?
In: 3480
It is just the most practical way to get out of a boat. The diving gear is not made to be comfortable walking around in. The tanks and weight belts are quite heavy and the flippers make it very hard to walk. So divers will typically sit down when dressing in the last of the gear and do not want to get up to walk somewhere to get into the water. The most practical way to do this is to sit on the railing while getting dressed and then just jump backwards into the water.
There are other ways of doing it though. If the boat have a diving platform at the back they might swing their legs onto this through the hatch and then stand up and step forwards into the water. If the boat does not have any safe place to jump from the boat divers will usually take their flippers in their hands and climb down a ladder and then put on the flippers in the water. For more heavy equipment they would have to get lowered into the water by crane.
Latest Answers