RossT
Registered
PADI Open Water Certification --
Ok, today was the first day in the pool for the class, for me ever. We started to do some practice, etc and i was doing great until the water in the mask thing! I freaked out, stood up, it was bad. Anyways, i finally got the hang of it when i could see -- but then with the mask all the way off, or even water over my eyes i freaked out again. Is this normal, how can I get around this? I was not properly blowing through my nose, i guess i just kept breathing through my mouth and paniced.
Any advice? Also i had a mishap with pushing the BCD inflator button at like 15 ft... went straight to the top. We are practicing in a 20 foot pool (shallow end for the mask stuff). Reading all the PADI book has me scared of DCS and stuff like that -- please reassure me nothing can happen in a 20 ft pool as long as i keep breathing??
Anyways, just nervous now -- thanks everyone.
-Ross
Ok, today was the first day in the pool for the class, for me ever. We started to do some practice, etc and i was doing great until the water in the mask thing! I freaked out, stood up, it was bad. Anyways, i finally got the hang of it when i could see -- but then with the mask all the way off, or even water over my eyes i freaked out again. Is this normal, how can I get around this? I was not properly blowing through my nose, i guess i just kept breathing through my mouth and paniced.
Any advice? Also i had a mishap with pushing the BCD inflator button at like 15 ft... went straight to the top. We are practicing in a 20 foot pool (shallow end for the mask stuff). Reading all the PADI book has me scared of DCS and stuff like that -- please reassure me nothing can happen in a 20 ft pool as long as i keep breathing??
Anyways, just nervous now -- thanks everyone.
-Ross