Crimson Ghost
Contributor
I was diving this weekend (I have been congested from allergies) - I successfully cleared my ears and got in 6 dives. But after each dive I was pretty full of water and it took some time to get out enough so that I could equalize my ears again. My last dive yesterday was only to 50 foot and I did not have any issues at all however, I was also unsuccessful in getting the water out of my ears. Some as has come out but not all I am continuing to take cold meds , I am assuming its the congestion restricting the water from draining.
Does anyone have any tips on getting the water out? And I am asking for the between dive times. Does the swimmer ear drops work I have logged only 11 dives so far and after each dive my ears are full and everything is muffled. After an hour enough drains so I can clear my ears during the next dive. But usually I need to switch from squeezing my nose to jaw thrusts and it whistles as it equalizes, but there is no pain and I can descend. If I try the nose pinch and blow they usually crackle like mad and then revert right back to where they were before I tried to put pressure behind them (again, this is only after the initial dive of the day/weekend). On my first dive I equalize at the surface and dive down at about 15 foot I need to squeeze my nose and blow again, and repeat at about 25-30 .then I am usually good to 60 foot and after that I am good to about 90 foot (my max depth so far). But then as I ascend my ears crackle like mad from 20 foot to my safety stop and from there up to the surface then its jaw thrusts. I speculate that my ear drum is then incredibly flexible and will not hold pressure behind it at that point
Sorry for rambling
Does anyone have any tips on getting the water out? And I am asking for the between dive times. Does the swimmer ear drops work I have logged only 11 dives so far and after each dive my ears are full and everything is muffled. After an hour enough drains so I can clear my ears during the next dive. But usually I need to switch from squeezing my nose to jaw thrusts and it whistles as it equalizes, but there is no pain and I can descend. If I try the nose pinch and blow they usually crackle like mad and then revert right back to where they were before I tried to put pressure behind them (again, this is only after the initial dive of the day/weekend). On my first dive I equalize at the surface and dive down at about 15 foot I need to squeeze my nose and blow again, and repeat at about 25-30 .then I am usually good to 60 foot and after that I am good to about 90 foot (my max depth so far). But then as I ascend my ears crackle like mad from 20 foot to my safety stop and from there up to the surface then its jaw thrusts. I speculate that my ear drum is then incredibly flexible and will not hold pressure behind it at that point
Sorry for rambling
