dcvassar
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Hello Everyone! Just joined a couple days ago.
Some background on me. I’m 30 and up until this year have never been able to swim. I used to get constant nose bleeds as a child and water pressure in my nose would trigger them so swim lessons have never gone well. I still don’t like water near my nose. My wife on the other hand was a dive master for a while and volunteers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She has 1000s of dives. She’s been trying to teach me to swim for 4 years now, mostly because I can’t be her only teaching failure. I’ve gotten better to the point where I can’t snorkel fairly well, but usually stay at the surface. I really like photography and so I’d like to get closer to subjects. She tried to take me for a try dive on our honeymoon in Japan, where I lasted a whole 2 minutes under before I panicked and shot to the surface. My ears wouldn’t clear, my mask was leaking I had the regulator in weird and was basically blowing the exhaust into my mask. After I figured that out I spent the rest of the time floating around on the surface getting used to breathing off the tank while she went under. She signed me up for another try dive in Kona, but with an instructor instead of herself. This went much better. I was able to clear my mask, who is my biggest worry because of the water on my nose. I had issues with my ears again partially because I was breathing too fast and kept floating up and down. Something I need to practice and get used to. I think I might sign up for lessons when we get back to California. Looking forward to interacting with you all and learning as much as I can!
Some background on me. I’m 30 and up until this year have never been able to swim. I used to get constant nose bleeds as a child and water pressure in my nose would trigger them so swim lessons have never gone well. I still don’t like water near my nose. My wife on the other hand was a dive master for a while and volunteers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She has 1000s of dives. She’s been trying to teach me to swim for 4 years now, mostly because I can’t be her only teaching failure. I’ve gotten better to the point where I can’t snorkel fairly well, but usually stay at the surface. I really like photography and so I’d like to get closer to subjects. She tried to take me for a try dive on our honeymoon in Japan, where I lasted a whole 2 minutes under before I panicked and shot to the surface. My ears wouldn’t clear, my mask was leaking I had the regulator in weird and was basically blowing the exhaust into my mask. After I figured that out I spent the rest of the time floating around on the surface getting used to breathing off the tank while she went under. She signed me up for another try dive in Kona, but with an instructor instead of herself. This went much better. I was able to clear my mask, who is my biggest worry because of the water on my nose. I had issues with my ears again partially because I was breathing too fast and kept floating up and down. Something I need to practice and get used to. I think I might sign up for lessons when we get back to California. Looking forward to interacting with you all and learning as much as I can!
