mccabejc
Contributor
I've read about a couple of incidents in which divers were injured apparently after their masks filled up and they bolted to the surface. And I assume that the reason may be the fear of water being sucked in the nose.
So I was thinking that maybe a way to alleviate that fear would be to immediately hold one's nose with your fingers when the mask fills up, breath normally, then relax to the point where you can clear it (if you can).
And I got to wondering: is there any reason that you can't hold your nose thru the entire dive, other than not being able to equalize the air pressure in the mask? And presumably, if there is water entering the mask, I'd assume the pressure would be pretty much equalized automatically since there's a leak.
So I was thinking that maybe a way to alleviate that fear would be to immediately hold one's nose with your fingers when the mask fills up, breath normally, then relax to the point where you can clear it (if you can).
And I got to wondering: is there any reason that you can't hold your nose thru the entire dive, other than not being able to equalize the air pressure in the mask? And presumably, if there is water entering the mask, I'd assume the pressure would be pretty much equalized automatically since there's a leak.