Greatdivers SCUBA | Confidence Underwater: Using the Skin Diving Bail Out to be more comfortable while Scuba Diving @greatdivers | Uploaded September 2012 | Updated October 2024, 13 minutes ago.
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The skin diving bail out is perhaps the hardest skill I teach in my entry-level course. Mastering this skill really requires comfort underwater. Mastering this skill is a great confidence builder. It also helps you to know that you can handle a multitude of tasks underwater without even breathing.
So what is a Skin Bail Out? Simply put, a skin diving bail out is when you jump in the water with your mask and fins off while holding your breath. If you need to, you can wear a weight belt with just enough weight to keep you under water. You can also do this drill with a buddy holding you down. Make sure your buddy lets you come up of course once you feel the need to come to the surface.
Once under water you proceed to place you fins on, your mask on, clear your mask, and finally clear your snorkel on the surface. The key is to do this while staying in control of all of your equipment. Doing this skill masterfully means having no water whatsoever in the mask, and blasting the snorkel while keeping your head in the water.
In my experience this skill is 90 % mental. If you tell yourself you have all the air in the world and take your time to complete the skill it will be easy. If you think you don't have a lot of time and try to rush through it, it usually feels like you are in a race against time before you run out of air. Notice in my video how calm I am and in no particular rush to come back to the surface. I do not practice freediving, or breath holding in any way, the reason why I am able to do this is because I am staying calm and I know I have lots more air in my lungs then what I actually need.
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greatdivers.com
The skin diving bail out is perhaps the hardest skill I teach in my entry-level course. Mastering this skill really requires comfort underwater. Mastering this skill is a great confidence builder. It also helps you to know that you can handle a multitude of tasks underwater without even breathing.
So what is a Skin Bail Out? Simply put, a skin diving bail out is when you jump in the water with your mask and fins off while holding your breath. If you need to, you can wear a weight belt with just enough weight to keep you under water. You can also do this drill with a buddy holding you down. Make sure your buddy lets you come up of course once you feel the need to come to the surface.
Once under water you proceed to place you fins on, your mask on, clear your mask, and finally clear your snorkel on the surface. The key is to do this while staying in control of all of your equipment. Doing this skill masterfully means having no water whatsoever in the mask, and blasting the snorkel while keeping your head in the water.
In my experience this skill is 90 % mental. If you tell yourself you have all the air in the world and take your time to complete the skill it will be easy. If you think you don't have a lot of time and try to rush through it, it usually feels like you are in a race against time before you run out of air. Notice in my video how calm I am and in no particular rush to come back to the surface. I do not practice freediving, or breath holding in any way, the reason why I am able to do this is because I am staying calm and I know I have lots more air in my lungs then what I actually need.
Share this link with your Scuba Diving Buddies:
youtu.be/pTGh37vN7r8
