Zesty
Contributor
Am a Great Lakes diver who dives dry the majority of the time. Decided to go with a dry hood and beanie this year vs a neoprene hood. First three dives to 30 ft to get used to the hood were uneventful. On a trip this past weekend, was at ~40 ft and had the discomfort of a squeeze. Up 5 feet, equalize, then continue to descend. Continued to have minor squeeze all the way to 120 ft, but always came up, cleared and descended. After surfacing and doffing my suit, a co-diver noticed blood from my ear. I aborted the rest of the weekend, discussed with DAN, and got the ear checked out at ER (no obvious signs of torn ear drum). Have follow up with ENT Dr today.
My question: Has anyone had a bad experience with a dry hood, and could the hood or something related to the hood have caused this? Just looking to root cause this to avoid issues in the future. Have never had issues with a regular neoprene hood on 180 previous dives
My question: Has anyone had a bad experience with a dry hood, and could the hood or something related to the hood have caused this? Just looking to root cause this to avoid issues in the future. Have never had issues with a regular neoprene hood on 180 previous dives