What a great video! As a newbie to the free-diving scene I need all the help I can get. This has so much more how-to than some others with ridiculous amount of views. Thank you for adding value to my life so many others. Keep it up!

Thanks for your information.. Love from Maldives ♥🏝

Hii katt I love your videos...very informative....i was just thinking it would be wonderful if you could do one on tips to list up a diving "bucket list"...may be the best places to dive before we die😊

Great instructions

goog video,very helpful, keep safe in diving 👌

Great informative video for divers needing help

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Awesome content! Thank you

@OceanPancake

Жыл бұрын

Hope you have found it helpful!

Nice video thanks. Please make a video on your ear problem 4 months you said you needed to take break

Do you struggle to equalize? What tips do you have? Thanks for checking out this video, I hope it helps you out!! Please make sure to support the sponsor of this video for a plastic free, planet friendly shave :leafshave.com/

Thank you! Amazing video. At depth what are the expected sensations should I feel or effects if I equalize correctly? Recovering from double middle ear barotrauma 😊

Thanks, great video! And I love your dog. 🙂

@OceanPancake

23 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! I love them too :)

Thanks! Using these tips for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Great tips. I did strugle equalizing when I started diving

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

What did you do to resolve it?

@Vytaswashere

3 жыл бұрын

@@OceanPancakewas going down slow and trying different things. Swolowing air works best for me

I'm taking a beginner open water diving course and this past weekend on the first dive I managed to rupture my left eardrum. I'm now worried that I will never be able to dive since I seemed to have problems equalizing properly on my very first dive.

Nice tips. Equalising is a more complicated subject for freedivers.

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. Can make one more for freediving next time!

Thank you Katt... super important subject. Equalizing should be done early and as often as needed. It’s much harder to do if you wait too long.

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

Then you need to go back and potentially hurt yourself!

@charlesg7926

2 жыл бұрын

These are great tips, but I wanted to add: If all else fails, SINUS SURGERY IS TOTALLY WORTH IT. I had it done, and it worked AMAZINGLY. I’ve dove over 100 dives, but I always had to work super hard to equalize and also take sinus medication to open it up… Now I had sinus surgery and I equalize way easier now

@charlesg7926

2 жыл бұрын

Specifically, I had a 4- part surgery done: 1) Fixing deviated septum. 2) balloon sinuplasty to enlarge Eustachian tubes. 3) cutting open my sinuses, along with balloon sinuplasty in them. 4) turbinate REDUCTION (not total removal. This is important.)

@tavia3006

4 ай бұрын

@@charlesg7926 Why did you need sinus surgery? Was this an elective surgery that you had to pay for out of pocket?

@tavia3006

4 ай бұрын

Was this an elective surgery just so you could dive or one that needed to be done? @@charlesg7926

Hi Katt you can hear also better underwater after equalizing.

Hi can we have more videos and tips for advanced please xx

I have a cold and was trying to equalise the whole time

You are pretty! And thanks for the tips!!

Morning Katt.! I see your Co-host is present!! Maybe the problem is, Most people Swallow with a closed mouth. Ruptured Ear Drum if I remember correctly?? Decongestants also cause Dehydration??

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

That's true! It's all about practise.

@chrisphilhower6029

3 жыл бұрын

@@OceanPancake Had a thought this morning. Ever watch those people that can drink a soda bottle in shot? They open it. Drink it. Its stays in their mouth until its done. There is no way they are not swallowing.

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisphilhower6029 No... I have never seen that!

Hey Kat, I'm wondering where you are working now and if tourism has started back up. How's your dive company doing?

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! Western Australia is open up to tourism within the state. I personally do not work in tourism anymore (stopped just before the pandemic) but my friends are doing well!

I found that with the nose method the air doesn’t come out of my ears it comes out of my eyes if that makes sense.

After equalization the pressure comes back immediately. Insight?

Do you need to do the same thing on the way up?

The nose blowing equaliser tip doesn't work for me, I feel the pressure build up in my ears but they just don't pop and I feel like I'm going to pass out from breathing out so much - any advice/anyone know why this is?

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

You have to do it well in advance before you feel any pressure. Try combine it with the other tips of moving your head side to side etc! Many people push too hard and then feel like they're gonna pass out

@cammi9948

2 жыл бұрын

Thinking about it too much and being tense can be a big issue. Need to try be as relaxed as possible

@imaperson2060

2 жыл бұрын

Can you click your ears without touching your nose

@Icy69134

Жыл бұрын

What you need to do is slowly do it when you feel pressure or go to a pool every day and keep practicing 😊

@Icy69134

Жыл бұрын

@@imaperson2060 yes you can use a tunge click motion their is a video about that

Hi , First I would like to thank you for the video, today I tried the scuba diving or first the first time, but I had difficulty in the valsalva maneuver, air keep on going out from my regulator because my mouth was open while Holding the regulator in the same Time !! I couldn't really get the right way of doing the maneuver while my mouth was open to hold the regulator, do you have any tips, Thank you in advance

@ashenperera979

Жыл бұрын

Try swallowing. This will help

I had to give up scuba because I could never equalize. I tried everything but for some reason it didn't work. I would end up coming up with ear pain and a nose bleed. It's a same as I absolutely adore scuba diving :(

I don't feel my ears pop and I keep blowing and then I feel air going through my eyes can you help me please

I have to swalllow after blowing out for a while and sometimes it’s so hard to swallow 😭

@OceanPancake

3 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. That's a lot of concentration!! Haha

Kat ❤️

I tried it but I blew too hard and it really hurt

Mann I'm experiencing the issue right now

you ever shot a cray?

@prolinefishing7140

2 жыл бұрын

yeah heaps brotha ,shootem with me spear gun

@j031ful

2 жыл бұрын

Thats illegal in Australia

@prolinefishing7140

2 жыл бұрын

@@j031ful hey listen brotha i live in derby and I don't really give a fuck , last nights dinner was road kill , I hit a koala in my mitsibishi lancer , and cooked it on me front fucken lawn

Hi Kat, I don't know how you have the courage to do what you do, I'm so scared of the ocean and shark attacks, the prospect absolutely terrifies me...I also have severe water anxiety...and fear of choking on water and drowning. Have you any ideas how I could combat this? Also I could never imagine myself using any form of Scuba equipment and doing what you do..the prospect is ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING FOR ME.

@andrewcullum8437

2 жыл бұрын

You say that 4 people per year, die from shark attacks...for me, that's 4 too many, Even though, millions of people die from car crashes per year...I'd rather take my chances on the roads in the UK, than going into the sea swimming, even in the sea around the UK, because of my intense fear of shark attacks.

@BigSteve34

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewcullum8437 see there you just prove it’s a personal fear and not a true reality. You just have to do it to get over it

@andrewcullum8437

Жыл бұрын

@@BigSteve34 Sorry but I'll NEVER GET RID OF THIS ABSOLUTE TERROR!!!

@tavia3006

4 ай бұрын

I had decided long ago I wouldn't try scuba diving because I would be much too fearful, but I am nothing like you. Sorry but I would recommend not scuba diving, you could end up drowning someone trying to help you when you've been freaking out, it almost happened to a friends brother, who almost drowned the brother trying to help him,

Love the video cutie

@ela3009

3 жыл бұрын

Uhh

Yesterday i was learning scuba diving with my dad then i cant equalize and my dad said im sick so i have to wait until im good

I heard just plain swallowing works, can anyone confirm??

@selinavalencia15

2 жыл бұрын

It does but not as fast

@ashenperera979

Жыл бұрын

100% use both methods

I love how women explain ear equalization better than most men I've watched on youtube lol Thanks!

do you wanna come shoot some crays with me in my conoe?

Never freedive with your snorkle on - this is not safe!

I think I'll just avoid deep sea/ocean adventures.

Do you just squeeze your mask over your nose ? No one mentions that your mask covers your nose!!

What amateur person that is snorkeling going down 10 meters. That’s insane!!

@OceanPancake

Жыл бұрын

These tips are primarily for scuba diving and some freedivers as well. Definitely not amateur snorkeling :)