Having trouble clearing mask without nose valve
Could use some help on this. I have a mask with a nose valve I bought for snorkeling and I love it. It’s so easy to clear any water that gets in there. I used the same mask when I got my Open Water certification and on a few dives after that.
I just tried my first night dive and I rented a mask this time. (My mask has a kind of sun shade over the glass and I wanted a clear mask for night.) The rental mask did not have a nose valve.
It didn’t go very well. I spent much of the night dealing with water getting into the mask, the lenses fogging, and struggling to clear it. It was so much more difficult without the nose valve.
I thiiiiiiink I figured out my mistake: I was exhaling through my nose with way too much force. The air bubbles just escaped everywhere else instead of up into the mask to push out the water. I need to try this again to be sure but I’m hoping someone here knows if this was my mistake.