ascend

Hello, Today I did two dives for my open water certificate. Everything went well and at the end I had to do the controlled emergency ascend from 5m. I had some equalizing issues so I has to stop at around 2m below surface. And then me and my instructor continued. I think at that pause moment I...

hello scuba friends, Im a new diver, at least for a year. Every time I ascend, slowly, constant breathing. When i get close enough to the top maybe 6ft, my ears crackle or sounds like static from a radio. I start to get dizzy and the feeling of blacking out, but eventually everything works out...

I've read the phrase pertaining to controlled ascends where you "pause, check bubbles" What does that mean? Does that just mean colloquially to check your barometer? To see how much gas is in your tank? Or does it literally mean "look up and watch your bubbles float through the water" ? And if...