u/TheD4rkKnight55

Years ago tried going a few meters down while snorkelling for the first time. I ended up rupturing my eardrums and haven’t been since.

Now I want to start getting in the hobby again but want to learn what I did wrong? So, what happened was, I saw something on the bottom where I was snorkelling, possibly 5-8 meters down (did smaller dives to build up courage).

While I was descending, I equalised by pinching my nose and blowing before my ears started to hurt. I reached the bottom but couldn’t grab the item in time and quickly swam back up for air. A few seconds later, I then tried again by descending but my eardrums ruptured when only around 2 meters down?

Any advice around what I did wrong would be great for a beginner like me.