Scuba Diving & Snorkeling : How to Purge a Scuba Mask
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at
8:42 pm
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Purging a scuba mask is an important trick to learn, and it can be done underwater by looking up, lifting the masks lightly and blowing out through the nose or by simply releasing the purge valve and blowing out. Eliminate any seeping water in a scuba mask with helpful advice from the owner of a Miami dive store in this free video on scuba diving.
Expert: Valerie Kevorkian
Contact: www.tarpoondivecenter.com
Bio: Valerie Kevorkian (NAUI 12041) opened the PADI 5-Star Tarpoon Lagoon Dive Center at the Miami Beach Marina in 1997.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller
Duration : 0:1:37
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