Whenever I surface I have to blow my nose
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vfox
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We just started calling it Scuba Goo and learned to get as much cleared before we exit...Agreed on the fish munching...yuck !
Yes, totally normal. On occasion on long dives when I've not felt quite as I should I've removed my mask at depth and had a good honk to clear everything out. You soon learn not to breathe in!
The worst thing is when early divers don't realise they need to clear their nose and clean their face & mask, and come onto the boat with a mask half full of snot. I don't often push divers back into the water, but I'm quite prepared to in those circumstances!
The worst thing is when early divers don't realise they need to clear their nose and clean their face & mask, and come onto the boat with a mask half full of snot. I don't often push divers back into the water, but I'm quite prepared to in those circumstances!
After my first ocean dive I walked around for a few minutes with a nice bit of snot on my face. Completely humiliating. I still haven't really figured out how to take care of that before exiting to the boat (I can't bring myself to just blow snot into the water) but I definitely remove my mask in a discrete setting and do a quick face wipe before I let anyone see me...
heck, I've got no problem shooting boogers into the water. I'll have to give the underwater blow a try though just to make myself a more well-rounded diver.
and it is good to know that I'm not alone.
My mother beat the whole "ladylike" thing into my head when i was growing up, and I have a bit of trouble letting go of it. I also have yet to pee in my wetsuit but I see that as more of an inevitability than snot rockets lol.
thats funny, cause when I was getting certified last year, I had to pee sooooo bad during one pool session. I tried for about 10 minutes to pee, but I either couldn't overcome to pressure, or I was just too shy, cause I ended up having to hop out of the pool and run for the bathroom.
still haven't had to pee THAT bad again so far, so I still haven't peed in a wetsuit (and I'm not really planning to either, but who knows...)
still haven't had to pee THAT bad again so far, so I still haven't peed in a wetsuit (and I'm not really planning to either, but who knows...)
thats funny, cause when I was getting certified last year, I had to pee sooooo bad during one pool session. I tried for about 10 minutes to pee, but I either couldn't overcome to pressure, or I was just too shy, cause I ended up having to hop out of the pool and run for the bathroom.
still haven't had to pee THAT bad again so far, so I still haven't peed in a wetsuit (and I'm not really planning to either, but who knows...)
The closest I ever came to slipping was during my advanced open water dives...after my second dive of the day in water below 40 degrees (in a 5mm semi dry), when the air temp was barely 60, I could hear my instructors words...."You might want to pee in them just to warm up a little....but make sure you do it when you won't be in the water that much longer because you'll get colder quicker once that cools down again..." And I was shaking...freeeeeezing!! And I had to go lol. I still didn't, not even then.
I do hope you're joking? Peeing in the ocean is one thing. Peeing in a swimming pool or even in a freshwater lake is quite another.
As to peeing just before you get out, I tell my students that when they pee (I know they will) to do it at least 10 minutes before they get out, to allow the pee time to dissipate from inside their suits.
I have friends who say that if you don't need to pee during a dive then you're not sufficiently hydrated. Especially with more demanding dives in cold water. One male friend, with a drysuit suitably equipped, let rip during a long trimix dive in rather cold water. Unfortunately it was so cold that the condom-part of the device was not sufficiently tight and slipped off.
Two things then happened. Firstly, he really needed to go very badly and once having started he couldn't stop. Secondly, the knob on the outside of the suit which seals the whole device from the outside water during most of the dive was of course unscrewed, and he was so concerned with what he knew was going on that he omitted to close it.
He continued with the dive, distinctly damp. At the end he surfaced but had so much water in his suit that he was too heavy to raise himself onto the ladder. So he removed all his gear (which was taken onto the boat) and enlisted the help of other divers in the water to unzip him and help him out of his by then very wet "dry"-suit. I was on deck at the time, but I understand they found the aroma distinctly repellent. He was obliged to remove his inner suit in the water as well, and both drysuit and Thinsulate were tied to ropes and left in the water while he climbed up in his underwear, which had effectively been rinsed clean.
He was then responsible for recovering his suits and washing them with detergent in a large rinse bucket on deck. Only once they smelt OK was he allowed to take them into the engine room and hang them up. Sadly the liveaboard was a converted trawler and didn't have effective drying facilities, and he dived for the next three days in wet clothes.
I've lost touch with him, but I'm sure he has taken great pains not to do that again!
ScubaSteve
Wow.....what a DB
This is so true but also......it is also the second reason I DO NOT RENT equipment.
We all know what the first reason is.
