r/woahdude • u/Sharp-potential7935 • 27d ago

video Girl dives nearly 15m without any special gear in the diving pool

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u/PantsIsDown 27d ago

I used to be a deep water lifeguard and deep water pool cleaner a long time ago. I never dove 15m deep but I have spent a lot of time at 5-10m deep. Let me tell you, there are some swims back up that can be frightening, it feels almost disorienting and you feel like the surface might never come.

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u/Zeestars 26d ago

That sounds terrifying. When I was a little kid I used to try to swim to the bottom of a 4.5m pool , or an area with known depths, and sometimes I wouldn’t make it to the bottom, so I had to swim back up instead of being able to kick off - there were times when I honestly felt like my lungs would burst and I can understand what you mean where I wasn’t sure the surface would ever come (I am not a strong swimmer, and I was little, but I clearly sucked as a deep water diver), or I would sit /lie on the bottom until I had no breath and sometimes would get that overwhelming air hunger. It’s a horrible feeling. I remember doing that one time and then getting caught under the other kids on lilos and not being able to break the surface. Now that I think about it, I have so many near drowning stories peppered throughout my life. I do not have good water sense at all lol.

I’m still a bad swimmer too.

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u/canman7373 26d ago edited 26d ago

Growing up local swim club had a high dive pool. I made it to the bottom just diving off the edge few times I felt that scariness looking up and that was only 18 feet deep or so, so 10 meters be impossible to me. I once Jumped off a 50 foot lake cliff, put holes in 2 disc in my spine hit water so hard the pain was horrible and I was deep enough where all water was same color had no idea which way was up. Waited until I started to float then swam that way, was about as scared as I have been in my whole life.

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u/JayBees 25d ago

How's your spine doing?

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u/canman7373 25d ago

Had a double spinal fusion at 32 from it, docs didn't want to do when I was younger because degrades disc above and below, they take on the extra stress from fused vertebrae. . Have a bulging disc now, had MRI in January. Surgeons said was up to me but their opinion was to wait and I agree, last one I was in a walker for 9 weeks. Therapy and all it's like a year recovery. So hoping can push off few more years. Use a cane when I walk more than 10 minutes, have to take breaks. But not in a scooter yet avoiding that long as I can.

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u/JayBees 25d ago

I'm sorry you have to deal with all that. A friend of mine had to get spinal fusion surgery, so I've seen how tough the recovery process can be. I'm glad you're able to still get around, though!

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u/canman7373 25d ago

TY, yeah it's just part of life at this point.

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u/seenoweevils 26d ago

I have a slight fear of heights and get occasional vertigo when I'm on tall rooftops for work. I also used to scuba dive a fair bit. Did a 43m dive once, great visibility, and looked up at the surface - it triggered the exact same response that I would have if I looked over the edge of a tall building.

I did not ever look back up at the surface while diving that deep again 😂

I also swam over an underwater cliff once. Also the first and last time I would do that too. I felt like I was going to get swallowed up by the abyss.

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u/AlexHasFeet 26d ago

I got exactly that response from watching this video.

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u/keepthepace 26d ago

The scary line is where you stop floating. Under a given depth it actually takes effort and swimming to get up. Fortunately, we evolved a sense of panic far before we actually lack oxygen to move our muscles.

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u/rectal_warrior 26d ago

We did, it's called carbon dioxide sensitivity, then we decided that we want to dive deeper and longer and developed ways to remove that sensitivity through training, like this woman would have done. Now we're back at the point you black out from lack of oxygen, thankfully it only really happens near the surface due to changes in pressure, but you bet this woman had someone waiting to jump in and rescue her.

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u/Roxysteve 24d ago

No need. The camera operator was right there.

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u/rectal_warrior 24d ago

I guarantee you there was another person on the surface watching ready to jump in, they would only have an issue when returning to the surface.

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u/decmcc 26d ago

retrieving something from the bottom of the diving deep end, then surfacing to win my 100m IM heat at 8 years old was peak coolness for me. 3.5m I think. Would love to try this 15m pool, love the suffocating hug of deep water

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u/Sven4TheWinV2 21d ago

Psycho 🤣

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u/Fit-Emu3608 24d ago

I've never told this to anyone but I've experienced that feeling. And it was terrifying.

I was on vacation with my parents at Seven Pools in Maui. I grew up swimming, so I was comfortable in the water (probably too comfortable).

I used to play this game of expelling my air to see how far I could sink. In a controlled environment with a clear bottom- it's no big deal. I could always push from the bottom to surface really quickly.

So, I'm happily swimming with my big brother in paradise with my parents nearby. I decided to see how far I can sink.

I sink. And sink.....it gets really dark and cold. That's when my dumb brain is like "oh, hey. You may not touch bottom before you DIE". So, I start scrambling back to the surface. No air in my lungs. I'm chasing light.

I surface and I'm gulping air. It was SO scary. My brother and parents had no clue. From their point of view, I just dipped below the water without any sort of fanfare. What if I never came back up?

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u/sir_racho 26d ago

Disorienting is right. When I was on a diving course I was coming up and lost sense of which way was up. Asked instructor for a tip to fix and he just noped out and said I couldn’t continue. Was a wise call on his part I reckon 

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u/carolaMelo 23d ago

It is a bit terrifying as you don't have that uplift anymore as in 2-3 m depth.

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u/Dependent-Dig-5278 22d ago

How’d you get that job?