I thought that the underwater footage was well worth seeing, but will someone please explain why Treece The Robert Shaw character did all of his diving scenes with his clothes on? Did they not have enough money on the budget to buy him a diving/wet suit?
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he wouldn't have to use a wet suit. He is old blood and guts. But you need some kind of clothes, to protect your body from the bottle straps and lead belts, etc. the water in the bahamas is warm enough for him.
Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes!
<<But you need some kind of clothes, to protect your body from the bottle straps and lead belts, etc. >>
If you mean the actual diving gear he's wearing, that's not true. Plenty of people dive in warm water with nothing but a bathing suit on. Look at David and Gail at the beginning of the movie, for instance.
Now, you MIGHT need clothes on when diving on a reef or a wreck just to protect yourself from the things you might encounter underwater. There are things that can sting (leaving or a rash, or sometimes even killing a person) or bite, and on a wreck, you could get cut on any of a number of things. Of course, if all you're going to do is wear shorty wetsuit or a t-shirt, that's not gonna protect your arms, hands or legs, but I think wearing a more comprehensive wetsuit (ie jacket with sleeves, trousers, etc) might have been too warm, like wearing a parka in Texas in the middle of the summer.
So in fact, in terms of protection, Treece probably had the most sensible diving attire. Most of his body would be protected against injury, but without the excessive thermal protection a full body wetsuit would give. Of course, in the 80's diveskins became popular under such circumstances, but I don't think those were in use yet in the 70's (and besides, I think Treece would have been even less likely to wear a diveskin than a wetsuit).
he never did look like a pretty boy. never went for that shenanigans. I like this movie very much Robert Shaw is a bad ass.
shareWhen I learned to dive in Hawaii in the 1980's, a t-shirt and blue jeans were normal attire for those who were beginners or did not want to buy a wetsuit.
shareReally? I can't swim for shit and the thought of swimming in jeans fills me with dread.
shareScuba diving is different than swimming on the surface of the water. A scuba diver will adjust their buoyancy with a weight belt and/or the amount of air in their BCD so they are neutrally buoyant. They swim along as a leisurely pace to make their air supply last longer.
A shirt is convenient for protecting against the BCD and tank from rubbing on the skin. The pants protect against sharp rocks and coral.
If you can’t swim for shit, never take up SCUBA. To be a safe and qualified diver, you need to be able to drop all your gear to the bottom of the ocean and still make it home safely. The gear makes everything so easy—until something goes wrong.
95 percent of diver fatalities are due to panic.
There is a swim test, 200 meters without a time limit and treading water for ten minutes.
https://www.padi.com/help/scuba-certification-faq