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this may sound like a stupid question, but what about holding breath while in a stable fixed position ... hiding behind a rock for a photo for example
What do you think?
As long as both you and the water column above are static, what could go wrong? The point of "NEVER HOLD YOUR BREATH" is similar to how we teach lil children street safety: "NEVER GO NEAR THE STREET!". No instructor is going to tell you when it's OK to hold your breath, but there are time when it is not only OK, but necessary.
In the example you give, you don't mention surface conditions. Can you see how they would be an issue?
One thing worth mentioning is lungs don't have to be full to over expand. You can hold your breath with any volume of air and it would be like squeezing a partially filled balloon in your hand: compression, then a lil blip out the side of your hand.