| By now you have probably spent a lot of money on | | | | and gentle press on the top of your mask with your |
| yous scuba diving equipment, the cost of the trip and | | | | palm. Take a deep breath and now exhale though |
| on top of that the hotel bill, the last thing you want is | | | | your nose. The rush of air blowing in your mask will |
| not being able to see properly underwater due to your | | | | push the water out. |
| mask. Even a quality mask will let a little water inside it | | | | Adjust the mask now the water is out to feel |
| from time to time and this will make viewing the fish | | | | comfortable and now continue with your dive. If water |
| and the coral difficult and be very irritating. It can | | | | is still in your mask continue with the above steps until it |
| potently be a danger to you but you will have covered | | | | is cleared out completely. Water could remain in your |
| this skill to remove water from your mask in your open | | | | mask if you have not took a big breath before |
| water course at the beginning. | | | | exhaling or that your mask is of large volume, this is |
| The best thing about clearing water out your mask is it | | | | normally the way if you have a single lens mask. |
| is very simple to do and will take only a few seconds | | | | If water repeatedly enters look at why, perhaps you |
| if you know what you are doing. Here are the steps to | | | | have hair trapped with your mask seal or its just a |
| removing water from your diving mask. | | | | poor fitting mask to start with. If it continues to leak |
| Firstly pull the mask away from your face and allow | | | | though the dive it could be worth stopping short the |
| water to fill up in the mask. This will sound odd but do | | | | dive and finding out the issue rather than having a |
| not panic and keep calm. If you panic you will make | | | | panic though out the dive which could lead to other |
| the situation worse and you do not want that. | | | | issues. Where you can keep practicing your skills in the |
| Now continue to breath as normal though your | | | | swimming pool or in shallow waters to ensure you are |
| regulator and relax. Replace the mask against your | | | | very confident. |
| face and tilt your head back. Now tilt your head back | | | | |