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I am 15 and recently completed the PADI Open Diver course, accelerated whilst I was on holiday. Not including the learning and videos it was a 4 day course, and from the first open water dive I fell in love with diving, not just seeing all the marine life but just the peaceful surroundings underwater and the weightlessness.
My problem is although I eventually passed the course, I am still feeling slightly worried about some of the skills, and I am going on holiday very soon where I hope to do some more diving. In the confined dives, and the open water dives, I was able to do most of the skills, except for taking my mask off underwater. As soon as it was off, I started breathing through my nose, paniked, and rushed up to the surface for air. I know that this is a really serious problem but I dont know what to do. I went over it again and again with my instructer, we spent 4 hours in the pool! And eventually I did it, but when I was in the open water, taking my mask off near the surface I paniked again and fled to the surface. Before I took the course I was fairly confident about diving, but now I am scared! I can clear my mask quite easily, although i did need a little encouragement, and i could even swim without my mask while holding my nose. But i just cant seem to get the hang of the mask rescue and recovery, I was just in tears by the end of every session because I couldnt do it! I want to dive again so much, but I dont see how I can with this problem, and it has made me so apprahensive about diving that I found some of the other skills difficult which I had found easy before. For example I was very wary of letting go of my regulator.
I think that my problem is that when breathing normally, I breathe through my nose and my mouth. Normally when diving this isnt a problem but with the mask off I breathe in water through my nose. I dont have much confidence in myself normally and now i have proven to myself that I cannot do anything right. Can anyone give me any tips on how I can do this properly, and if there is anything that I can do without any scuba equipment? Please help Jane xxx
My problem is although I eventually passed the course, I am still feeling slightly worried about some of the skills, and I am going on holiday very soon where I hope to do some more diving. In the confined dives, and the open water dives, I was able to do most of the skills, except for taking my mask off underwater. As soon as it was off, I started breathing through my nose, paniked, and rushed up to the surface for air. I know that this is a really serious problem but I dont know what to do. I went over it again and again with my instructer, we spent 4 hours in the pool! And eventually I did it, but when I was in the open water, taking my mask off near the surface I paniked again and fled to the surface. Before I took the course I was fairly confident about diving, but now I am scared! I can clear my mask quite easily, although i did need a little encouragement, and i could even swim without my mask while holding my nose. But i just cant seem to get the hang of the mask rescue and recovery, I was just in tears by the end of every session because I couldnt do it! I want to dive again so much, but I dont see how I can with this problem, and it has made me so apprahensive about diving that I found some of the other skills difficult which I had found easy before. For example I was very wary of letting go of my regulator.
I think that my problem is that when breathing normally, I breathe through my nose and my mouth. Normally when diving this isnt a problem but with the mask off I breathe in water through my nose. I dont have much confidence in myself normally and now i have proven to myself that I cannot do anything right. Can anyone give me any tips on how I can do this properly, and if there is anything that I can do without any scuba equipment? Please help Jane xxx