Hiya,
I am currious if anyone has any thoughts on what happened to me last night. I was on a night dive (my 31st dive and 7th night dive) with a group. I noticed that my mask was leaking a bit because of the way my hood sits. So, having done this before, I signaled my buddy, pulled my mask off and tried to replace it. Up to this point its all routine, I have no problem with mask removal/replace/clear. Well this time I found that I couldnt breath at all through the reg. Since we were in like 12 ft, I just swam up, so all is well. I checked my gear, everything okay, so it wasnt an equipment issue.
The divemaster for this night dive told me this was the mammalian dive reflex and that its normal, my question is, why hasnt it happend to me before? Any ideas?
I am currious if anyone has any thoughts on what happened to me last night. I was on a night dive (my 31st dive and 7th night dive) with a group. I noticed that my mask was leaking a bit because of the way my hood sits. So, having done this before, I signaled my buddy, pulled my mask off and tried to replace it. Up to this point its all routine, I have no problem with mask removal/replace/clear. Well this time I found that I couldnt breath at all through the reg. Since we were in like 12 ft, I just swam up, so all is well. I checked my gear, everything okay, so it wasnt an equipment issue.
The divemaster for this night dive told me this was the mammalian dive reflex and that its normal, my question is, why hasnt it happend to me before? Any ideas?