What's the maximum possible safe height for jumping into water?

Question

I wasn't sure exactly how to word my question...

I saw on Bear Grylls, he said you have to be careful anywhere above 20 feet... not sure what he means about being careful... so what's the maximum height... I mean without being injured...

Any related information would be great!! :)

Answer 1

It really depends how you hit the water.



A bellyflop off a 3 m (10 ft) springboard or a 5 m (15 ft) platform will knock the wind out of you, and sting like a b***h.



Olympic divers dive from a 10 m (33 ft) platform. Competitive cliff divers dive from 20 m (66 ft) platforms.



From those heights you will be hitting the water at 30-45 mph, so your entry HAS to be near vertical (head- or feet-first)--any lean in any direction will be painful, and a 'flat' entry (on the front or the back) may render you unconscious from the shock of impact.

Answer 2

It relies upon the way you're leaping in while you're doing a cannon ball or something (ft first) approximately 8 ft of water is robust yet once you're diving (arms and head first) then a minimum of 10 ft to maintain your neck secure.

Answer 3

All heights van be dangerous and if you watched americas got talent you would see the guy jumping high an landing in 2 ft in the water

Answer 4

After 12ft I would imagine your question of how deep doesn't matter. Once you get to a safe depth then adding more depth would not be the topic. It depends how well you can swim.