Diver Mask
Jun/100
How do divers keep water out of their masks?
I have never dived before, and am wondering, how and what do you do if water gets in your mask?? I guess you would blow air into it through your nose, but does that really get all the water out? When I was a kid I remember how frustrating it was when water got into my goggles. But in the pool, It's a little different, and so are goggles.
First, a diver will want a well fitting mask. There are a variety of mask shapes and sizes to hopefully fit a wide range of faces. To say you need to keep it tight is some wrong advice. I have had a mask strap break on a dive and I was able to keep the mask on my face with just suction alone. Plus, a too tight of mask will cause headaches on a dive. If the mask is leaving deep lines on your face after a dive, the mask is too tight.
To clear the water out of a mask, the diver will press the top of the mask (which lessens the seal at the bottom of the mask). Next while looking up, the diver will exhale through his/her nose. The air from the nose will displace the water from inside the mask.
There are some other methods for clearing water from a mask, but the method described above is the most common.
Edit: Yes, it gets out all of the water from the mask. Obvisouly, some drops of water will remain since the inside is now wet.
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