Editing Diving (sport) (section)

=== Submerged objects ===
{{See also|Cliff jumping#Dangers}}

Many diving accidents occur when divers do not account for submerged objects in the water such as rocks and logs.<ref name="RoSPA Tombstoning">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rospa.com/leisure-water-safety/water/advice/tombstoning|title=Tombstoning – 'Don't jump into the unknown'|work=RoSPA|access-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107022152/https://www.rospa.com/leisure-water-safety/water/advice/tombstoning|archive-date=7 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of this many beaches and pools prohibit diving in shallow waters or when a [[lifeguard]] is not on duty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Overview of Diving Injuries - Injuries and Poisoning |url=https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-in/home/injuries-and-poisoning/diving-and-compressed-air-injuries/overview-of-diving-injuries |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=MSD Manual Consumer Version |language=en-IN}}</ref> It was commetend that "...shallow dives can end up in death or permanent injury."<ref name="8 June 1989">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1989/6/8/18810510/cliffs-plus-diving-danger-water-gravity-can-turn-thriller-into-a-killer|title=CLIFFS PLUS DIVING = DANGER: WATER, GRAVITY CAN TURN THRILLER INTO A KILLER|date=8 June 1989|work=Deseret News|access-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315093340/https://www.deseret.com/1989/6/8/18810510/cliffs-plus-diving-danger-water-gravity-can-turn-thriller-into-a-killer|archive-date=15 March 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and that in 1988 on Lake Powell a person "...was left a quadriplegic after diving just 5 feet off a houseboat into the murky lake."<ref name="8 June 1989"/>