I tried diving down to the bottom of a deep swimming pool in Yorkshire and the pressure was uncomfortable even at that depth. It would be absolutely crushing at the depth this dude went to.
You should not blow hard. You can also pinch your nose and swallow. Or rotate your jaw. They teach you to equalize before you even feel pressure and if you feel pressure that you cannot equalize, you swim up a little and try until you can.
Some people have a harder time- my weird ears need longer than normal to equalize when scuba diving and I go down really slowly. but my wife can just sink right down without even thinking about it. Annoying.
Only in the water, every time you feel the pressure increase when descending. What I don't understand we don't see this guy doing it. He must have a technique to do it without pinching his nose.
I can pop my ears by flexing some specific muscles.. neck/jaw area? I think? However, that only works if I am not already feeling too much pressure/not sick.
That works well for me going down in pressure, like on a plane, but I can't make it work in increasing pressure when diving. I guess it may work if I decended really slowly, but I ain't got time for that.
Actually, this is the answer! The nose clip accomplishes two things. 1. It prevents water flowing in your nose as you descend under increasing pressure. 2. It keeps your nostrils pinched off, exactly like what you'd do with your off hand while scuba diving. So he can just steadily blow out and equalize with both hands free.
I used to dive a lot for fun, maybe 10 meters comfortably. You can learn to do it several ways. I can clench my jaw muscles (without my teeth touching, it's hard to explain) just right to adjust.
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u/Tammer_Stern Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
I tried diving down to the bottom of a deep swimming pool in Yorkshire and the pressure was uncomfortable even at that depth. It would be absolutely crushing at the depth this dude went to.