Dizzy feeling after boat trip

[buleetu]

hi everyone

just wondering if anyone else has had this experience, it isn't hurting me or making me fall over or anything just a slight feeling so nothing to worry about i hope
every time i went on a dive boat in sharm to dive tiran or ras Mohammed, that evening i would get a funny dizzy feeling in my eyes and head, it would feel as if my head was falling back or something but in my head if u know what i mean??

its a strange feeling and it happens every time i go on a boat, i was thinking that it was the forward motion of the boat messing up my inner ear or something could this be right or am i just crazy

 

[jarnhus]

Some people get the feeling, that they are still sailing, even when they are back on dry land. Could be some of that. I remember getting it from time to time, when I did a lot of racing. After two or three day with eight hours of sailing, I sometimes had that feeling, when I got back home. It is extra strong, when you are very tired...

 

[drl]

My husband and I experienced this after a week on the Kona Aggressor. We never touched land the whole time; we only left the boat to step into the water. When we got back to land, we swore the island was rocking, and it continued to rock for several days, especially when we were tired or had consumed alcohol (even in small amounts). Once we had gotten our sea legs, we had trouble getting our land legs back!
We have experienced this before but never for so long, but then, we had never been on a boat that long before without touching land during the trip.

 

[Teamcasa]

Do a Google search on Mal de debarquement. It's not uncommon.

 

[don Francisco]

It could be related to the boat, and it isn't rare, but usually follows debarking closer, and is less common after day trips as opposed to multi-day cruises.

It might simply be from the heat and related to changes in hydration, or electrolite levels after loss of and replacement of fluid. It isn't that rare for folks to feel lightheaded or dizzy after a day in the sun, especially if the air is dry so they don't notice how hot they are, or how much they're sweating.

If you're out in the sun and being conscientious about re-hydration, don't forget that you also have to replace the electrolites. That's why athletes drink stuff like gatorade.

 

[drl]

Wow, I never knew there was a fancy French name for it! Sounds better than "I've still got my sea legs."

 

[Joe Cool]

This is a very natural occurence among people who are not used to being on boats especially small ones. You won't experience it too much after getting off of a large ferry boat or cruise ship. I experience the exact same feeling after a boat dive. As long as I keep moving on land, I don't feel the rocking sensation but once I stop and stay still, it comes back. It goes away after around 4 to 6 hours especially if I am well rested.

 

[buleetu]

what kind of food or drinks contain elecrolites other than gatorade,i dont think i could buy some of that gatorade over there, i read a bit about Mal de debarquement on wiki thanks for that teamcasa it says that the condition could last up to 1 month so im think i might be getting the condition called landsickness thats kinda similar

i noticed it one night when we were having a few drinks with some of the people we were diving with that day in tiran and i asked them if any of them had ever felt that way and none of them had, so i thought maybe i was just imagining it or something, i was also worried that perhaps it was some sort of mild deco sickness or something so thats cleared that up, thanks guys