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My buddy, who was equally as inexperienced as me, didn’t know what was up and called over the Dive Leader, a veteran diver. He took one look at me and asked me,

“You had pain going down in your sinuses, right?”

“Yes – as I got deeper it got worse – and then went away. It’s only as I came back up to the surface just now that something went high up inside my nose.”

“Don’t worry about it, Rod – you’re OK. You’ve just had some sort of blockage up there – gas has gone in and got stuck. When you came up at the end of the dive, the air had to get out somehow and ….. Boom….. all those psi’s had to go somewhere.” He thrust his hands upwards as he opened them simulating an explosion with great eagerness.

“It’s burst its way through some sort of membrane. It’s not the end of the world and you ain’t gonna die – so get your mask back on and let’s get you ashore.” I must have looked unconvinced – or worried,

“It’s OK, Rod, you’re not in trouble.” he reassured me more sympathetically – and right enough, the rest of the snorkel back was easy enough.