I’ll do that!you should try an otter bay 12mm hood
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I’ll do that!you should try an otter bay 12mm hood
Yeah. I've had several hoods which all seemed to go well with various masks.Sorry to be late to reply. I get less of a headache in cold water by trying to cover most of my forehead using the hood.
After putting my mask I try to move the hood over the mask skirt to cover my forehead.
The other half of this equation is the mask itself. I see from the avitars that most divers now wear what we used to call "low volume masks" with a nose sticking out. These masks themselves don't provide a lot of protection for the forehead sinuous area. Low volume masks were originally developed for free diving, as you didn't have to use much air to equalize the mask as the free diver descended, which can affect breath-hold diving. But in cold water, there isn't much of an air pocket to protect the forehead from cold water. I like some of the older masks, which provide a much greater volume of warm air around my forehead.
Give yourself some time to get used to it. You don’t want to be an only-warm-water diver if that means you get to dive a whole lot less.
Does the hood fit you well? Is it snug and doesn't move around on your head while diving? If it's big or hangs down too much, it will dislodge your mask/stap.