Mask on forehead=panic. Where did this mask signal originate?

[LI-er]

In my SDI / TDS solo course in Bonaire, we had many no mask drills with eyes wide open. Blurred vision...yes. But otherwise no issues. Go to spare mask, clear and then carry on.

Yet another diver who says their eyes don't sting when salt water gets in there.

Maybe it's just a "me" thing.

 

[AJ]

Yet another diver who says their eyes don't sting when salt water gets in there.

Maybe it's just a "me" thing.

Mine do sting, but it's tolerable. I rather have them sting before the dive then later on.

 

[LI-er]

Mine do sting, but it's tolerable. I rather have them sting before the dive then later on.

But if you get water in your eyes at the start of the dive, then a few minutes later, when the stinging is gone, if you get water in your eyes again, you're saying it doesn't sting the second time around?

 

[MyBuddy]

Salt water doesn't bother my eyes when they are submerged in it. Once they come in contact with air after salt water is when it stings.

This is my experience as well.
Occasionally I’ll take my mask off to rub the inside of the lenses, in an attempt to remedy some obnoxious fogging. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn’t. But while this is being done my eyes are wide open with less discomfort than in a chlorine pool. Once my mask is back on and cleared, I may experience some mild stinging but fluttering my eyes for 10 or so seconds is usually enough to flush out the salt.

 

[Wallowa]

Underwater is a vague term in this sense. I have done a 30 min dive in FRESH water, with no mask on my face, just to prove to someone it can be done. I was definitely still a diver and definitely not flotsam.

Seriously? OK then. Good for you. Glad you proved that.