How do you wear your mask when your not using it?

[pt40fathoms]

I have mine on my face from the time I get into the water, till the time the dive is over. When the dive is over, it comes down around my neck. If I am in the water waiting for other divers to enter, and I have my mask anywhere else than on my face at the start of the dive. My mask almost always fogs up. I suppose its because any anti-fog I put on, will be washed off while bobbing in the water waiting. Besides, I feel comfortable with my mask on, so on it stays.

 

[JDostal]

I wear it around my neck...less chance of losing it accidentally and watching it sink down to the bottom.

I used to wear it on my forehead...then I watched one of my friends accidentally knock his $100+ mask/snorkel off of his head and lose it in 80 feet of water in a quarry.

Unbelievably, we found it this year and it was ok after soaking in a mild bleach solution.

Still...I'd rather not risk it. Just my personal preference.

 

[mndolphin]

Thats amazing you found it after all that time!
I suppose its amazing finding it same day too!

I am impressed it still was ok

 

[CuriousMe]

MissAmberDiva once bubbled...


:glasses: I hear ya! I do the same thing (put em on my forehead). When I was getting certified my instructor got on me constantly about that, because it is a sign of distress. At the end of the class, he told me I owed him about 25 cokes for doing that as much as I did. I guess it's just an old swim team habit that I can't break. It just feels comfortable for me to push them up on my forehead. And I've never had any divemasters yell at me for doing so when out on a dive. And, same as you, I also see alot of divers doing the same thing.
The one time I took them off and tried to wrap them around my arm I lost them. :sigh:
Amber

I to had the old swim team habit to push it up on my forehead, but the way I look at it is this....it doesn't matter if I think it's a valid sign of distress (ie something I would do in distress)...it is a recognized sign....so why would I give any one a reason to think I might be in distress when I really just don't want to break my bad habit?

No matter what I want it to mean, a mask on the forhead is one way to communicate distress.

I now just push it down instead of up, and it sits around my neck.

Peace,
Cathie

 

[Former FLL Now MSP Diver]

It's either on my face, or off completely. I find it too distracting around my neck, and it fogs up resting on my forehead or on backwards.

Marc

 

[JDostal]

mndolphin once bubbled...
Thats amazing you found it after all that time!
I suppose its amazing finding it same day too!

I am impressed it still was ok

It was pretty funny - you could actually hear him go "Holy s***!" underwater...hehe.

 

[Soggy]

sdexcalibur once bubbled...
I was always told I should were it around your neck and very on the forhead, Reasoning behind it. What if your in the water and a wave comes in and knocks it off, or you fall for some reason

HUH? English please.

 

[got4boyz]

On my my forehead of course. Someone once told me I shouldn't, but I never understood why so I do it anyway.

Before I scubaed I skiied and I wore my ski goggles on my forehead when I didn't need them so it was just natural to push the mask up there too when I started diving.

So is it really a sign of distress???? I've heard differing opinions here. If I was in distress I can guarantee I'd have a better way of showing it that putting my mask on my forehead! :scared:

 

[Uncle Pug]

AaronBBrown once bubbled...
HUH? English please.

wear for were
never for very
and a . for a ,
and The r for R
and a ? for a .

Oh, and add a ? at the end of the rhetorical question.


There, you should be able to make it out now.

But I still can't figure out why he was told to wear it around your neck.

 

[Soggy]

Uncle Pug once bubbled...

wear for were
never for very
and a . for a ,
and The r for R
and a ? for a .

Oh, and add a ? at the end of the rhetorical question.


There, you should be able to make it out now.

Ahh...I am seeing the light!

But I still can't figure out why he was told to wear it around your neck.

I think that that would be mighty uncomfortable.