Scuba Diver Responsibilities

Scuba Diver Creed

I’m in Charge of My Own Safety & Pleasure

Darcy Kieran is the author of the handbook “The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Scuba Diving: How to Increase Safety, Save Money & Have More Fun!” and other books & logbooks for scuba divers, divemasters & instructors.

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The quality of training in the open water certification course is highly questionable. And instructors readily admit to cutting corners. So, you are in charge of your own safety and pleasure underwater.

Your open water scuba certification qualifies you (in theory) to dive in conditions similar to those in which you were trained. But those conditions are not written on your c-card. So, once again, you are in charge of your safety and pleasure.

I prepared the following Scuba Diver Creed as a reminder of our responsibilities as we venture into the underwater world. Let’s have a lifetime of legendary underwater experiences!

“Commitment is an act, not a word.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre

Some statements in this “diver creed” are explained in detail in “The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Scuba Diving: How to increase…