Hello all! I am not yet certified but rather in training. I have a question about my mask skills. Well, rather hoping someone may have a tip that might help me out.
First of all, i am a nose breather. LOL I read alot of women have trouble with this very skill when they are.
So I practiced in the bathtub with my snorkel and finally overcame my toughest challenge. Breathing without my mask. I did it! i can breathe underwater without my mask, I can swim without my mask and breathe on my reg, i can put my mask ON underwater. But for some dumb reason when i try to take my mask OFF underwater i get water up my nose! I try to blow bubbles out of my nose. That didnt really help. I tried flooding my mask entirely before taking it off, no go. I think it has something to do with the suction pushing water up my nose and i just cant figure out how to make it not do that!
Does anyone have a trick for that? Has anyone else had or heard of that problem? I feel like such a noob! I can do everything else BUT that.
Thanks in advance!
Chris
First of all, i am a nose breather. LOL I read alot of women have trouble with this very skill when they are.
So I practiced in the bathtub with my snorkel and finally overcame my toughest challenge. Breathing without my mask. I did it! i can breathe underwater without my mask, I can swim without my mask and breathe on my reg, i can put my mask ON underwater. But for some dumb reason when i try to take my mask OFF underwater i get water up my nose! I try to blow bubbles out of my nose. That didnt really help. I tried flooding my mask entirely before taking it off, no go. I think it has something to do with the suction pushing water up my nose and i just cant figure out how to make it not do that!
Does anyone have a trick for that? Has anyone else had or heard of that problem? I feel like such a noob! I can do everything else BUT that.
Thanks in advance!
Chris