holding nose while scuba diving???

[Goonzodiver]

As discussed extensively in this post

Use Nose plugs or is there a bigger issue?

Hi. I noticed for shallow dives (snorkeling and less than 30 feet) I seem to struggle keeping my nose plugged and air escapes into my mask or something and I get water in my mask. This does not seem to be an issue at deeper depths. It is distracting and annoying. I was thinking of using nose...

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it is perfectly possible to wear a nose clip inside the mask without compromising the emptying of the water or the equalization, as also shown in the video by Hans Hass:

Use Nose plugs or is there a bigger issue?

Using a nose clip inside the mask is an old technique and as far as I know it was widely used in Europe and Australia from the 1940s to the 1960s. Raimondo Bucher, the first freediving record holder (1949), employed noseclip inside the mask for all his life (he was also a great scuba diver...

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This technique was very popular between the 40s and 60s, as can be seen from the photos and articles of that period.

 

[Boarderguy]

Arise! Arise! 17 year dead thread back to life

 

[Goonzodiver]

Arise! Arise! 17 year dead thread back to life

Well, better late than never. And I'm amazed that it took so long.
Many wrong things have been written (in various threads not only in this one), a clarification in defense of the use of the nose clip in diving was a must, at least framing it in the right historical context.

 

[formernuke]

It's alive

 

[Ana]

Looks like someone is on a mission to vindicate nose clips.

Let's all fight those windmills!!!!

 

[Goonzodiver]

It's alive

I didn't think there was a rule in this forum that revitalizing old threads was condemnable or blameworthy. I thought that if others are looking for informations, they should have the right informations.

 

[Julius SCHMIDT]

It's takes a good effort of coaching to overcome water in nose problem syndrome
I found some windmills Ana during a local safari yesterday

I find them terrifying

 

[Goonzodiver]

It was very hilarious, indeed.
Have you finished?
I thought I saw those funny situations where high school bullies beat up the weird guy.
This reaction seems exaggerated to me, and makes me think that perhaps someone else is afraid of windmills...

That said, I just remember that a lot of misinformation has been made. I hope Angelita80 solved her problem a long time ago, possibly without using the nose clip, but it is good to remember that generations of divers have used it in the past, nowadays a lot of freedivers use it and nobody laughs at them. I myself use it and thinking that someone finds it strange makes me laugh.

What matters is that the truth is restored .