ballastbelly
Contributor
going by the book you are supposed to equalize on the surface & continually as you go down. but i wanted to survey in practise what people here find convenient for them.
i like to snorkle. if i am taking a closer look at something 3m i dont usually equalise, i used to need to, but over the summer my ears have apparently become used to this pressure & no discomfort is felt any more - i just hear this *loud* sound in my ears when down there, sort of like water/steam rushing through pipes.
going on to 6m(the bottom around here) then i will need to pop them at 4 & 6m.
i like to snorkle. if i am taking a closer look at something 3m i dont usually equalise, i used to need to, but over the summer my ears have apparently become used to this pressure & no discomfort is felt any more - i just hear this *loud* sound in my ears when down there, sort of like water/steam rushing through pipes.
going on to 6m(the bottom around here) then i will need to pop them at 4 & 6m.