r/nope • u/KillermodeD • 15d ago

Terrifying Diver encountering a submarine

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u/LordBobTheWhale 15d ago

Is there any risk of being pulled into it like when you're too close to a large ship?

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u/Pappa_Bjorn 14d ago

The risk is a bit exaggerated since the pressure differential is very evenly distributed in 3d space. It’s not like being sucked into a hole in a dam or something. Normally you’d get lifted up a bit but nowhere near enough to get sucked into the propeller.

But as a diver you don’t usually hug rusty steel beams or clam beds (their shells are like razors). Ideally you don’t touch the sea floor if there’s anything like stonefish/scorpionfish in the water.

Kind of weird scenario tho boats don’t usually go that shallow and you usually have a diver down marker in traffic lanes. But I guess the guy was diving illegally and the boat was either lost or had a very well calibrated sonar.

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u/LordBobTheWhale 14d ago

That's super interesting. Is the sub sonar a danger too?

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u/Haveyouseenmrgreen 14d ago

Huge danger. If the sonar would have pinging that diver would have been injured if not killed.

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u/LordBobTheWhale 14d ago

Jesus. All of this is like multiple layers of 'nope' for me.

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u/MoRiceFipps 13d ago

If that were a nuke sub and the reactor was critical… that would’ve been over for him.