kimbalabala
Contributor
Complacency ties in with the above - people getting further and further away from safe practise just because "I have done this before and I was fine". It works perfectly until it doesn't! Skipping steps in pre-dive checks is one aspect that can come back to haunt later
That's the one we were guilty of. Generally speaking, my husband checks and double checks everything - and has spares of everything. The one time he didn't check his deflator was the time it didn't work AND he hadn't brought an extra BCD. Lesson learned. I don't think this was a newbie mistake (he's got about 160 dives?) - it's like leaving the bread out. He's an experienced bread eater but will occasionally leave it out and open. In scuba those mistakes have much larger repercussions. We won't make that particular mistake (not checking the deflator) - and will be more vigilant to not make others.