My son is doing his open water and while he does great when he is underwater (which is a great thing), whenever he puts his regulator in on the surface or does his pre-dive breaths he gags. His instructor is one of those sticklers about masks on and regs in at all times on the surface (which I think is a good thing) but my son is kind of gagging all the time.
But underwater he's perfectly fine which is what counts. Still he is going to need to be able to keep his reg in above the surface between surfacing and the boat and it would be nice for comfort levels if he didn't start every dive gagging...
But underwater he's perfectly fine which is what counts. Still he is going to need to be able to keep his reg in above the surface between surfacing and the boat and it would be nice for comfort levels if he didn't start every dive gagging...