• Wrench@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Snorkeling gear? So, what, a 5 foot Reed like in looney toons? Because you don’t snorkel to sit on the bottom.

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      9 months ago

      You snorkel so you can continually see what’s below you without holding your breath. Then you spit it out when you’re ready to dive.

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        9 months ago

        Don’t you mean you spit it out when you come back from the depths like a whale?

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          9 months ago

          If you black out with a snorkel in your mouth while you’re diving, it will cause water to rush into your lungs and you will almost certainly die.

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            9 months ago

            When you said “spit it out”, I thought you meant the water in the snorkel, rather than the snorkel itself. But thanks for that warning. I will make sure to not have the snorkel in my mouth when diving below snorkel depth.