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Gareth LockDiving safety hasn't improved in decades — not because of bad equipment or careless divers, but because we're looking in the wrong place. This post examines the structural gaps in non-technical skills, incident learning, and culture that keep the fatality rate stubbornly high.
Andrzej GornickiPo dziesięcioleciach nurkowania w dobrze znanych rzekach „ukryta” glina warstwowa ujawniła, jak wiele umyka naszej uwadze pod wodą. Na tym blogu przyglądamy się, w jaki sposób czynniki ludzkie i nauka obywatelska pomagają nurkom dostrzegać więcej, nurkować bezpieczniej oraz przyczyniają się do lepszego zrozumienia złożonych środowisk przyrodniczych i kulturowych panujących pod powierzchnią wody.
Gareth LockThe diving industry isn't broken — it's working exactly as designed. Silence is the rational choice when the system rewards it. This blog draws on the thesis discussion to examine why just culture may be the wrong label, what a culture of justness could look like in practice, and where the real leverage points are. Change won't come from a regulator. It will come from the instructors, mentors, and experienced divers who decide to tell the truth about what happens underwater.
Gareth Lock676 divers. Five focus groups. Two lawyers. One letter from a diver who watched someone die. The data reveals eight factors suppressing honest storytelling in diving — from fear of litigation and peer judgment to a fundamental lack of shared vocabulary around risk, incidents, and just culture. Some findings are uncomfortable. The near-total silence from training agencies, given what the data shows about their role, may be the most telling finding of all.
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