Timeline for How does water depth affect swimming safety? Why do signs, especially in the UK, say "DANGER: deep water"?
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| Jun 23, 2017 at 21:49 | comment | added | Valorum | This is the answer. It's not the extreme depth of the water that's dangerous, it's the fact that you can't paddle in it. | |
| Jun 23, 2017 at 18:47 | history | edited | Joe S | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added idea from comments about gradual increase vs sharp increase in depth
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| Jun 23, 2017 at 15:14 | comment | added | Mazura | @Sobrique - 'depends on how strong the undertow is. | |
| Jun 23, 2017 at 12:55 | comment | added | Sobrique | Most natural water starts shallow and gets steadily deeper the further 'in' you go. So wading into the sea isn't too dangerous, as long as you don't go too deep. | |
| Jun 23, 2017 at 11:12 | comment | added | Joe S | In a filled in quarry the depth often goes from 5 feet to 100+ feet in one step. | |
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| Jun 22, 2017 at 22:12 | comment | added | PJTraill | If you cannot swim it is extraordinarily rash to make such assumptions about the water depth. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 17:12 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 22, 2017 at 17:09 | history | answered | Joe S | CC BY-SA 3.0 |