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Every year experienced divers die in diving related avoidable accidents that should not have happened because the victim was "always so careful". One of the more common examples is a failure to analyse gas before diving, but there are many different types of avoidable accidents. The usual explanation put forward is a lapse in following their training, typically as a result of complacency. The victim is blamed for becoming complacent, the dive community is again reminded to be vigilant against complacency, and then another avoidable accident occurs. Perhaps a different way of explaining the cause of these predictable accidents could help effect a change in this unfortunate cycle.

The concept of Normalisation of Deviance has been used to describe the cause of NASA's flawed decisions that led to the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Normalisation of deviance from dive safety begins when the diver has a lapse in one or more safety protocols (often as a result of time and/or financial pressures) and nothing bad happens. The lapse reoccurs without incident and slowly the diver grows more accustomed to the deviant behaviour. Eventually the diver becomes so accustomed to a deviation from dive safety standards that they consider their unsafe behaviour to be acceptably normal. Ultimately one or more safety protocols are permanently deleted from their routine; enabling the diver have a serious, perhaps fatal, accident. To other divers, the accident is bewildering because the behaviour seems obviously unsafe and the victim had enough training and certainly enough experience to "know better".

It's clearly not productive to keep blaming the victim for these avoidable accidents. We can't solve this complex problem in a Tech Tip but a step to addressing this dive safety issue is to begin a discussion within the dive training community. Do we need a different educational approach that formally recognises and addresses normalisation of deviance as an underlying cause of many avoidable accidents among experienced divers? If you are an experienced diver, or dive professional, The Scuba Doctor urges you to raise awareness of this issue among your peers.


Governor Reef

Reef Dive Reef Dive | Boat access Boat access

Inside Port Phillip Night Dive Site Open Water Rated Reef Dive Site Spearfishing Site

Depth: 1 m (3.28 ft) to 4 m (13 ft)

Level: Open Water and beyond.

Governor Reef is a natural subtidal reef offshore halfway between Indented Head and St Leonards in Port Phillip that is popular as a whiting and squid fishing spot. It's also a good site to go snorkelling from a boat. We've been told some adventurous types head out to Governor Reef for a shore dive or snorkel.

The southern side of Governor Reef has a prominent drop, while the northern side is pretty lifeless. The bulk of the interesting stuff is on top, which is very shallow. Don't ignore the warnings on the poles.

See WillyWeather (St Leonards) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.

Governor Reef Dive Site Map
Governor Reef Dive Site Map | © The Scuba Doctor
Wathaurong (Wadda-Warrung) country
Wathaurong (Wadda-Warrung) country

Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Wathaurong (Wadda-Warrung) people of the Kulin Nation. This truly ancient Country includes the coastline of Port Phillip, from the Werribee River in the north-east, the Bellarine Peninsula, and down to Cape Otway in the south-west. We wish to acknowledge the Wathaurong as Traditional Owners. We pay respect to their Ancestors and their Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Bunjil the Creator Spirit of this beautiful land, who travels as an eagle, and Waarn, who protects the waterways and travels as a crow, and thank them for continuing to watch over this Country today and beyond.

 

Governor Reef Location Map

Latitude: 38° 9.254′ S   (38.154236° S / 38° 9′ 15.25″ S)
Longitude: 144° 43.651′ E   (144.727521° E / 144° 43′ 39.08″ E)

Datum: WGS84 | Google Map
Added: 2021-03-23 19:22:36 GMT, Last updated: 2022-03-22 17:07:29 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: The Pipelines, Indented Head, 1,049 m, bearing 301°, WNW
Depth: 1 to 4 m.



DISCLAIMER: No claim is made by The Scuba Doctor as to the accuracy of the dive site coordinates listed here. Should anyone decide to use these GPS marks to locate and dive on a site, they do so entirely at their own risk. Always verify against other sources.

The marks come from numerous sources including commercial operators, independent dive clubs, reference works, and active divers. Some are known to be accurate, while others may not be. Some GPS marks may even have come from maps using the AGD66 datum, and thus may need be converted to the WGS84 datum. To distinguish between the possible accuracy of the dive site marks, we've tried to give each mark a source of GPS, Google Earth, or unknown.

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