is it fine for me to use this instead of the $200+ paid online course lol

I used to try this in a our pool because my dad did scuba diving and I hated it so much cause I could never keep it together and I would always get so much water in my nose

All I care about is the dog

There is no hardest skill in diving. It's entirely diver dependent. Some can't equalize. Some get claustrophobic from the mask itself. Some can't breathe through their mouth comfortably. Yes, this is a tough skill, but it may be nothing to some divers.

When you swim, it makes it significantly harder to diagnose trim and buoyancy issues. If you do it neutral without swimming, you can tell when someone’s feet are falling much faster. Needs to be done motionless… It looks from the video like you’re slightly foot heavy and the kicks are what’s keeping everything “trim.” This means that part of the force from your kick is applied in a vertical direction, so when you stop swimming, you’re too negative and start to sink. You should be neutral both while swimming and stationary…

Чего-то инструктор как-то долго очень поправляет маску, в бассейне оно понятно, если это произошло на глубине где нет под ногами дна? Можно случайно всплыть потому что уже не видишь без маски, так тяжело контролировать заданную глубину! Я сдавал осенью в прохладном водоеме на OWD, было 2 комбинезона по 5 мм😄 пришёл один сдавать😆 было достаточно сложно снять и одеть маску в прохладной воде, через перчатки ничего не чувствовал чего хватал, а после того как вода охладило лицо, даже когда маску продул было ощущение что вода ещё в маске от холода, поэтому не сразу понял есть вода в маске или нет. В целом было здорово и позновательно, но прохладно даже в 2х 5мм костюмах.

i hate doing this while training 😅

When I found my right mask. I put it on without straps and went diving. Right fit means everything.

It’s so hard to get over claustrophobia when learning to Scuba Dive

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤best sir

Please keep your eyes open !

Is it safe to put another person's mouthpiece in your mouth, and vice versa? Do we have to consider health/wellbeing safety with bodily fluids?

What about PSI??

You don’t have to raise your head up, it’s pointless, just press the top and the air will squeeze the water out

One thing i learned in this video is...if i want to meet a buddy to go diving at 6:00 AM I need to get there around midnight to do all the pre-diving steps 😂

It’s slightly harder when your not on scuba😅

Aloha from Hawaii. I struggled with skill so much. First in the pool. My brain would stop thinking the second there would be water in the mask. "Take a deep breath through your nose", it said!! So my first open water dive, I panicked and my instructor just held my hand and I just swam around. She said "some people never get over their fear". Terrible thing to tell me. I came back and watched this video. Did this over and over in our own pool. Then today I went back for another attempt at certification. My instructor had YEARS of experience. He said "You are going to do this." on the boat, he walked me through the steps. Then he said we are going to do the full mask removal on the bottom of the ocean. I honestly thought I was going to die. Well, I want to tell you, watching this video, not giving up, practicing on my own, and an instructor who believed in me made it all possible. So thank you. We all love your videos and are grateful you have chosen to share your calm and kind way of teaching with the world online. Thank you! A certified open water diver.

Scuba diver doesnt wear snorkels, lol

Thank you so much for explaining it in such a cool way !!! I am sure not many know how to explain it so cool

It helped me to close my eyes when I started to breathe out of my nose. And start blowing out my nose right before I look up (like he said no need to look down first, just straight ahead). Practicing breathing in through my mouth and our my nose with a snorkel and no mask helped too.

I really struggled with this, I had to take a few breaths to calm myself, then I had issues with my body not letting my breath out through my nose, I had to close my eyes to undo that reflex keeping my throat closed. And start blowing out your nose before you start looking up.

What about hovering and maintaining neutral buoyancy. Mask removal wasn’t difficult, Nelson.

Really enjoyed your lesson thank you Michael from Australia

The hardest skill is not to pee in your dry suit.

Bas Rutten giving diving tips is great.

The careful, methodical way of explaining all the steps is ideal. The narration gives you time to contemplate each step and understand it. Well done!

My trainer made this easy. CESA that is work

It has pissed me off/upset me for a long time that this was the _one_ thing that my brother couldn't do when we went to get certified, and he never went back to perform that one skill(and now it's too late and too much time has passed, so if he wants to get certified he has to start over from the beginning, classroom work included.)

I thought this would be simple to do but after trying it on my 3rd dive today, it's so much harder than it looks. Im not very heavy so moving around the weight belt manipulates my weight so easily and I end up being pulled all over the place.

What is the question for number 10.

Yeah, hardest task!

At 20:50 with the roman handshake can I check why deflating the bcd takes us back to the surface?

You should be able to do this while in a head down vertical position, while still clearing ears and still descending, if you can't then you are a liability. A lot of people can talk the talk, few can walk the walk.

If its a Brand new mask, it has a thin layer of plastic that fogs up the mask. When I was training to be a scuba diver, my istructor told me to burn the plastic. You burn it by holding it over a lighter for a copule of seconds.

I have struggled with this for a few weeks. I couldn’t get in the first pool day and had to blow 5-6 times. Instructor kept signaling I still had water in the bottom and needed to clear again. For me it’s as soon as the water touches my nostrils my brain says “breathe it in!” Which obviously is extremely uncomfortable and leads to a panicked rush to the top. Day two I didn’t want to do the skill in the deep end. I felt tears coming and panicked breathing at the surface. Tried it and same thing. Bailed to the top. Tried to explain the issue to my instructor (we had to swim in circles around the pool with no mask) and he said I could plug my nose with my fingers if that helped. And it did. But yesterday was my first ocean day. It was going to be the first skill under the surface. I let the new/different instructor know my stress. He had a not so great response (in my opinion) that I don’t “need to see” underwater. Before I could respond everyone descended and I got two feet before I full on panicked and cried. Cancelling my dive. There’s a lot of shame with it. Everyone saying “it’s so easy” when it isn’t for some people. Couple tips I’ve learned from videos. I’m definitely exhaling out my nose too hard and fast. Losing all my air which sets in the panic when it doesn’t fully clear. Pulling my mask too far away at the bottom causing air leakage. Tilting the head to look up with too much water causes water to surge into the nose. Trying again today alone at the beach. Praying identifying these issues helps. Thanks for the video!!

Marcel, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your demonstration videos and am looking to complete Rescue soon. If I make my way to Pro I'd love to come to Thailand and learn from you. I appreciate all of your videos and tips!!

are you the guy that was in npestas swim class

This is one of the tests for freediving certificat on all levels. Lvl 1, 2 and 3. I took a lvl 3 certificate and this was the easy test. Harder to do in deep water with only one lung of air 😅

How does this get the water out of the mask? Im interested in the science behind this.

Buoyancy control is more difficult than mask clearing.Nearly every Novice diver has issues with Bouyancy, Yes a lot have mask issues, but buoyancy is a harder and more important skill.

JAWS....🦈

I have no problem with clearing water out of the mask in owd training and actual dive. The real pain in the ass was the mask removal and putting back on. Turns out I’ve been putting my mask wrong. I was taught to put the strap on first then pull down the mask. 😂 it’s really difficult to put it in place underwater and even more difficult to not get any water in my nose.

My training at NAB Coronado DSTD in 1985 had 25 students start and after the end of the 4th week (pool week) we were down to 9 students.....wearing a mask was a luxury that week kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIi4fJmXqMqqkKssi=HGVK3HtTpgGz9Hxw

The hardest skill is a full gear exchange while buddy breathing

Hardest skill is putting on your weight belt in the water while wearing a 7mm wetsuit.

Prima video man, thanks

Im a beginner scuba diver, and im gonna take a certificate after this! (My instructor said im qualified to take the examination!!) And i know it may be normal, but this thing took me at least more than twenty tries to get right 😭😭 I couldnt see a thing and panic starts to creep in, but my instructor was still near me and i could hear his breathing nearby so i was certain if i couldnt do it he'll help, but nope! I got it on myself!! ✨️

That’s a really good video very helpful and very very very clear! Great job! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

Hardest for me was taking the BCD/tank off and putting it back on. Rental small was slightly too small and rental medium was slightly too big. Doing that while maintaining neutral was a pain

Its literally the first lesson, not even the hardest, one of the easiest