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Shark Diving > Medical Consent

Last updated on 7th December 2010

You are required to complete an official PADI medical form. Should you answer YES to any of the questions then you will require medical consent in order to complete your shark dive.

You do not have to be particularly fit to do a shark dive. If you suffer, or have ever suffered, from one of the listed medical restrictions then medical consent is required:

Asthma, wheezing with breathing, wheezing with exercise, frequent or severe attacks of hayfever or allergy, frequent colds, sinusitis or bronchitis, any form of lung disease, pneumothorax (collapsed lung), chest disease or chest surgery, behavioural health, mental or psychological problems (panic attack, fear of closed or open spaces), epilepsy, seizures, convulsions, migraine headaches, blackouts, fainting, or suffering from motion sickness, diabetes, back, arm or leg problems following surgery, injury or fracture, high blood pressure, heart disease, heart attack, angina, ear disease or surgery or problems, hernia, ulcers, colostomy or ileostomy.

It does not matter if you dive during your menstrual cycle.

It is not possible to dive and then fly within 24 hours.

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