Snorkeling Gear @ Sodwana Bay
Just like having the right Scuba gear when Scuba diving, it is also very important to have the right snorkeling gear to have a great time.
What do I mean by the right gear?
We were snorkeling in Sodwana Bay in January 2019. Our very time Snorkeling in the sea with our new gear. The first problem we came across was our masks:
The stuff was cheap and Universal. We thought we struck a bargain buying the Mask and Snorkel for the same price as what you would buy the mask separate for. Not long after we went Snorkeling for the very first time with our new masks we found that the things were leaking and also kept readjusting themselves after each swimming session. This is really annoying when you chasing a really cool fish or just enjoying the underwater world and all of a sudden you start getting drops of water dripping in you’re mask or like my fiancé’s mask it just completely floods if you just move your head from side to side. This can be extremely annoying. You have to come up every few seconds/minutes (depending on how bad the leak is) to clear your mask and go back under again.
Solution:
Don’t try be cheap like we were… Rather go to a proper dive shop where they can allow you to test out each mask and find which mask fits your face the best.
Once you have established that you will never have problems with your mask, unless of course the strap breaks or something else goes wrong. But you at least you don’t have to worry about water getting in your eyes and nose.
Another alternative that is newish to the Snorkeling market is a full faced mask. We have not tried this mask yet. But basically it has it’s snorkel on top of the mask and it covers your whole face instead of only your nose and eyes.
If you have experienced sea water you know it burns worse than an over
chlorinated swimming pool! Just remember nobodies Face is exactly the same, so not all masks will be work for you.
Second thing that I had a problem with was my Snorkel:
The problem I had with my snorkel (hence been a cheapy) was that I kept getting water in my snorkel, whether it be me blowing to hard on the snorkel or just moving to vigorously around. Very frequently I got a mouth full of sea water which is really unpleasant. Another problem that I encountered was I found a piece of plastic I assumed was part of the packaging of my snorkel by the mouth piece that lets out the air you breath out. That was a big mistake. That little piece of plastic was actually there to prevent water from getting into the snorkel. Although it didn’t do a very good job of it, it still helped a little. When I broke that plastic off my whole Snorkel was buggered and I could no longer use it. I ended up having to buy another more expensive snorkel that actually worked so much better than my old one. I still got a mouth full of water every now and than but much less than the previous one.
Always test your snorkel that it doesn’t take in water before going in for a full on swimming session.
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