Shark Freediving

Today AIDA released the following news:

The work with the AIDA Guidelines for Sled Diving is done, and you can now download the document from the download section on this site.

This document is by no means a substitute for proper training or a greater understanding of the risks and issues associated with freediving to depth. There is no document or understanding that can eliminate nor mitigate the risks of decompression illness in freediving. The extreme nature of these dives means that even if you do everything perfectly there is still significant risk of suffering from decompression illness or other diving related issues. This document is solely put forward to attempt to address issues being experienced with these dives. This document is neither affirming nor assuring that there will not be an issue or problem with ANY dive even if every recommendation is followed. If you choose to participate in any form of freediving to depth you assume and will likely experience an issue if you dive enough times. The risk increases as exposure increases. Deeper dives or more dives done in a day increase risk significantly. No document, person or theory can protect you. This document is for informational purposes only. Each diver MUST make his or her own decision regarding participation in any dive. The practices recommended in this document assume that all dives will be properly supported and any athlete that breathes oxygen at depth will be supervised directly by a properly trained safety support scuba diver. All participation is at your own risk.

AIDA Executive Board

You can download the document here and you can expect a full review from me later on.