How To Keep Your Snorkel Mask From Hurting The Bridge Of Your Nose


Divers happen to experience some form of pain or discomfort around their nose area or other parts of their face when they put on their snorkel mask, this however is a discomfort that many divers experience. 

This hurt or discomfort occurs at the bridge of the divers nose, the bridge of the nose is the utmost part of the nose immediately after the middle of your eyebrows.  

This particular issue occurs as a diver when your snorkel mask is too tight, or you are wearing the wrong size of snorkel mask for your face. 

As a diver, you have to be aware that snorkel masks come in different sizes. 

That is likely the most common reason for you to get hurt by your snorkel mask at the bridge of your nose. 

However other reasons could cause this like if your snorkel mask has an adjustable strap, then you tighten the strap too hard or too low or too high.

If you do tighten your mask like this, it will, however, hurt the bridge of your nose and give you a severe headache later on which you would come to regret I can assure you.

Also, note that you can experience such pain and discomfort if your nose is too big for the nose pocket of your snorkel mask.

This article will cover how to keep your snorkel mask from hurting the bridge of your nose and why your snorkel mask hurts your nose, to begin with.


Why Does My Nose Hurt When I Put On My Snorkel Mask?

You could experience hurt on your nose when you use your snorkel mask due to a couple of reasons like the nose pocket of your mask being too small. 

Or you have adjusted the mask strap to be too tight this is for snorkel masks with adjustable straps, or you might have gotten a mask that is too small for your face.

This, however, means that if the nose pocket of your mask is smaller than behobebeit would hurt your nose bridge, this is because you have a nose that is bigger than the nose pocket of your snorkel mask. 

The nose pocket of your snorkel mask is where your nose fits into.

You might have adjusted the strap of your snorkel mask too tight, too low, or too high which in turn allows you to experience discomfort and hurt to your nose bridge. 

You should try adjusting the straps multiple times to find the perfect fit for your face before you go diving. 

Lastly, if you have gotten a snorkel mask that is too small and not the correct size for your face and head then it would lead to discomfort and hurt on your nose bridge due to the mask being too tight.

How To Keep Your Snorkel Mask From Hurting The Bridge Of Your Nose

Do you want to keep your snorkel mask from hurting the bridge of your nose? 

Well then there are some simple steps you can follow to achieve this and they are listed below:
 
Solution 1: You can start by getting a snorkel mask with an adjustable strap, this way you can adjust the mask to the width of your face for maximum comfort while diving or just get yourself an elastic mask cover. 
 

Solution 2: Before you go for a dive try not tighten the strap of your mask, keep it loose a bit, and make sure it is just tight enough that it won’t slip off your face.

But also loose enough for a credit card to be able to pass through the mask from one end to another (top to bottom). 
 

Solution 3: Get a snorkel mask that has a soft nose pocket rather than those with a hard nose pocket.



This would allow for different sizes of the nose and a good fit without feeling any discomfort or hurt to your nose bridge. 


Solution 4: Remember to always get a snorkel mask that fits perfectly on your face, a mask that sits perfectly on your face without big gaps is a good mask to get. 


Solution 5: Make sure you do not place the mask strap too high or too low at the back of your head, and make sure you adjust it to the middle of the back of your head, this helps in reducing pressure strains.

 
Solution 6: Always get a snorkel mask that is the right size for your face, snorkel masks are made in different sizes, this is because people have different sizes of faces and heads. 

The snorkel masks also come in different nose sizes for those with big or small noses e every diver has had a snorkel mask with a perfect fit, so every diver can have a beautiful experience while diving underwater.

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