Gagging on Saltwater

[Crazy Fingers]

I have a bad problem with gagging when saltwater gets into my mouth. It seems like the more hydrated I am, the easier it is to deal with it. So I've started drinking water heavily a couple days before I know I'm going to go diving, and find the reflex reduced quite a bit. Starbursts in between dives seem to help too.

Just curious how many other people have this problem and what solutions they've found.

 

[Prostar]

Too much water doesn't work so well on me. Poweraid for me. I always drink a bottle before diving.

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Sometimes I'll spew from inhaling saltwater. Usually, it's just a small single chunder and then I'm done. Pretty incidental, really. I just make sure that I don't do it while people are still in the water, trying to come up the ladder. That's not the way to "win friends and influence people." The post-dive bottle of water is a wonderful thing; either to keep it from happening in the first place, or for gargling and rinsing, if it does.