What is the legal depth you can safely dive into a swimming pool from a standing position?

Answer 1

The APHA (American Public Health Association) regulates these things. All states must follow the guidelines set forth by the APHA. There is a section specifically regarding diving depth and it reads as follows:

3120B.6 No Diving Sign. A sign stating "NO DIVING ALLOWED" shall be posted at
swimming pools with a maximum water depth of 6 feet or less.

There is also a bit of ambiguity on this as they regulate that no diving shall be done in a shallow pool area and they define a shallow pool area being 5 feet or less in depth. Diving platforms are an exception to the rule in that they are not for diving. The angle of approach in the water is so shallow that proper use will not endanger the "diver". Therefore they must be restricted from use by anyone not trained in the proper procedures for diving platforms.

I don't have a web link for these regulations. I got the information directly from the APHA Pool publication and the Washington State WAC regarding pools (I have to maintain copies of these at each of my facilities).

Answer 2

There are no federal laws governing swimming pool rules, but you should use common sense.

public pools have their own rules, none of which you will go to jail for breaking, but doing so can result in serious injury or death, just look at the signs that are everywhere.

you should not, by standard sense, DIVE into a pool shallower than 10 feet, and even then, you should dive on a horizontal angle, not straight down.

above ground pools should never be dove into, from any height.

12 ft pools are fine for diving at almost any height. and position.

Answer 3

I believe different states have different regulations. I live in Illinois and it was recently changed from 3 1/2 feet to over 4 feet for swim meets/practice. All the pools I've been to and worked at have allowed diving from the side only when the water is 5 feet deep or more.

Answer 4

Depends on the pool, all new build public pools in the E.U. have a depth of 1.5metres. Sucks ay.

There's no legal "safe to dive" depth though, hope that helps.

Answer 5

I really don't know but if you exceeded any legal diving limit it is quite likely our stupid government now has a special force of "The don't do anything naughty in the Swiiming Pool Special Police Force".
They can arrest you for,
1. Peeing in the Pool.
2. Letting your cossie dissapear up your butt crack unchecked.
3. Farting and creating excess bubbles.
4. Standing over the bubble jets for suspiciously long periods with a look of distant pleasure.
5. Having a scary hairy back.
6. Having a verucca.
7. Having a dangerously out of fashion cossie.
8. Leaving soggy plasters floating in the pool.
9. Having an excess of toe jam and not dipping your toots in the pig swill before entering the pool.
10. Forgetting to tie your trunks securer and diving in to reveal your **** crack (and more!) to the whole pool!

Answer 6

I don't think there is a legal depth.

Consider the athletic swimmers who dive in at the start of their race. In the shallow end, they are diving in at about 3 or 4 foot.

Answer 7

Sorry took so long to answer.

Depends on what sort of dive. and whether child or adult. annoying I know am diving coach.. (Only Guidelines)

If going into water slant- from poolside generally child and adult 1.8m as long as freeboard not above 0.38m (side of pool up from water)

If adult or vertical dive - 0.61m above person standing at full stretch from bottom, usually necessitates +3m

Unfortunately there are no hard rules these are the FINA regs for diving in UK. generally stand the person on the bottom full stretch and they should be fully underwater at there height.

Always use additional caution and take into account experience and aptitude of dive and diver..

Enjoy..

Answer 8

6 feet but even then it's not suggested until 9 feet.

I'm only 5 foot 3 and with a 6 foot depth I still sometimes come pretty close to hitting bottom.

Answer 9

it deffre from one to another
there is man can dive to 3 feet
other can dive to 9 feet
there is no known depth

Answer 10

3 inches