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Yes, the fractional pressure change is greatest near the surface, so shallow water is the most dangerous region for lung damage if you hold your breath on ascent.

You know what you’re talking about.

Wow, TIL! Thank you for sharing!

If you took a deep breath and held it on the way up, maybe. Otherwise, probably not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallow-water_blackout

there are community center pools deeper than that, so no.

The difference is this: in a community centre pool, a diver doesn't give you compressed air to breath at the bottom of the pool.

The thing the commentor above is concerned about is pulmonary barotrauma, a.k.a. "burst lung". Between 10 feet depth and the surface the gas in your lungs will expand by 30%. If you took a deep breath at 10 feet deep, and held it, then that expansion can cause rupture of the alveoli.

For this reason one of the first things you are told (or should be told!) in a scuba diving course is to breath continuously, i.e. never hold your breath.