Quote Originally Posted by Ayla of Duluth View Post
I can't do it. I can go down to 6 feet comfortably, but anything past 7 feet is suddenly excruciating. I tried holding my nose to pop my ears once, not only did that not help, it just made the pain worse. I haven't tried it since. I'm currently looking for clear ear plugs that I can use to keep the water out of my ears. I'm hoping that solves my depth issue. I live on top of a large hill that my city is built on, and when I go from top to bottom, the atmospheric pressure change doesn't bug me at all.
Check your ears on the surface. They should both pop when doing Valsalva lightly. You may have reverse squeezed your ears by blowing too hard if the pain got worse. It shouldn't take much of any force to get them to equalize.