I always have to hang out awhile at 10-15 feet to equalize my ears. Eventually I get the job done and can resume my dive but it is quite frustrating. Decided to go to an ear doc to see if there was anything wrong. Everything checked out fine. Hopefully I get better at this with experience. I only have 10 dives. The doc recommended sudafed and some sort of nasal spray. Other that that guess I will just have to deal with it. One thing that was interesting is the doc did not seem to hip on diving. He asked if my wife dove and when I said no he said she was smart. Said he has seen and heard of quite a few diving related injuries to the ears.