How To Descend Faster And Pain Free (including a gross tip for clearing ears scuba diving)

If you are having problems equalizing and clearing your ears while scuba diving, you are not alone. In this video I share several tips that should help you with your ear issues and allow you to descend without ear pain. Including a fairly gross tip that may just make the difference in helping you resolve your ear problems!
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Dianne
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[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

What method has worked best for you to clear your ears? A) Valslave B) Valsalva + something else C) Something different. Please share.
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[@armandofelipe3462]

Your video has been very helpful, and I appreciate the tips you've shared. I often encounter difficulties clearing my ears during snorkeling and diving trips. I particularly liked the advice to start practicing early before entering the water. Thank you and best regards.

[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

You are more than welcome. Glad it helps.

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

If your ears hurt, you've waited too long to start equalizing. Go up to reduce pressure so you can start equalizing again. If you can't equalize, go up some more. If there's too much pressure on your ears, you won't be able to push air through your Eustachian tube. If you keep descending despite not being able to equalize, you'll rupture your eardrums.
Start equalizing as soon as you go underwater, and keep equalizing whenever you descend.

[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

Great input. Really appreciate it. I think some people feel pressure to try and get down quickly - which is the worst thing they can do if they feel pain - as you point out. Thanks again.

[@dk_videos]

Thank you for these great tips! Never heard of holding the pinching/blowing longer. Eager to try!

[@reinisland1]

You are more than welcome. Hope it works for you!

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

Great advice .......All the above... clear early before 15ft and blow gently all the day down clear a long time before the cold water hits you

[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

Thanks Ivory. I agree one of the best things you can do is to start clearing early - and all the way down. Appreciate the input.

[@thomastse6228]

I have an D option, which is to remove your mask, the water column then compress the air space inside your nose which helps to compress the air in the Euthesian Tube, if I spell it correctly, then eventually pop the ear drum. Try it and tell me if it works.

[@Zvona555]

Valsalva alone doesn't work for me at all, but Valsalva + swallowing + slow descent have never failed. I will try your other tips to see if I can speedup descent - it's not a big problem, but it's annoying to hold the group a for minute or two on every dive until I equalize.

[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

I know it can be frustrating. Glad you have something that works for you. I hope the other tips will let you get down quicker. Please let me know how it goes. Good luck! 🤞

[@navarrov]

Thank you for this! ❤

[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

You are more than welcome! Hope it helps!

[@ahmadkaddoura7060]

very important and useful tips . . appreciated

[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

Thanks Ahmad. Glad you found them useful!

[@mattresswarehouse3814]

Excellent video thank you ma'am! I'd like to add chewing a menthol gum and or breath mint to open you up in addition to descending feet first vs headfirst.

[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

Good point! Thanks for the input, I and others appreciate it. Anything to get down easily 😁

[@johnwilliamsscuba6487]

And between dives on your surface interval

[@ScubaDivingSmiles]

Absolutely!