UnderWater Angler

I get a headache after diving probably 4 out of 5 times, but i know it's because of skip breathing..i catch myself doing it. But what you are describing reminds me of headaches I would get while playing baseball. If the sun was behind the batter or our dugout had the sun shinning in it the whole game I would get extremely sever pain behind my eyes that would not go away till the next morning. This would not happen if i wore sunglasses...did you forget your sunglasses?

BADBOY69

X4 on the skip breathing!

JSeaWach

Another vote for CO2 induced headache. If you're being cautious of your air, you are not breathing normally resulting in CO2 buildup, same result as working hard underwater. Relax, breathe normally and forget "air caution"....better SCR will come with more consistent time underwater.

DreamWeaver21

Just wanted to update this thread in case anyone reads it using the search function. I have dove twice since this happened and haven't had any headache since. Once was a short 10 minute dive to 90ft and the other was a 35 minute dive to 50. On both dives I made an effort to breathe like hell. I didn't care how fast I went throughmy air(I about emptied an AL 80 on the 35 minute 50ft dive). So I can say it probably was a CO2 headache I had before. Thanks for the help.

Caver2130

You don't really have to breathe "like hell,"but breathing fully and consistantly (fill lungs, empty lungs, repeat) will give good gas exchange and will reduce CO2 build up. Higher performance regulators and regularly serviced regulators have been shown to help in reducing breathing effort. If you get a full, slow, consistant breathing pattern down, you will actually find that you will stretch your gas supply even more than skip-breathing, as CO2 is also your body's trigger to take a breath.

deepcelineman

use to get head aches after over exsuerion if you have acssese to 100 % o2 on surface for a few minutes you will feel much better quickier works good after hangover also hooya deepce death before free asent

Clay-Doh

Hey Dreamweaver, I catch myself skip breathing, not to conserve air, but to avoid bubbles and have clear vision when I am lining up shots on fish, or stalking. What everyone on here said about CO2 buildup is dead on.



If you are empting that AL80 faster than you like, get some lowpressure steel tanks. When you have way more air than you can use without going into serious deco, it is a good feeling. Plus knowing if you ever get jammed up down there, or a buddy does, you are3 not going to have to worry about not having enough air to reach the surface.



And the heavier tank just means you can drop at least 6 pounds of lead from your weight.



I never worry about air with my lp 120 and two lp 108's. NDL limits are all I have to worry about. ANd if I go into deco, that won't kill me if I follow my computer. Running out of air can though. Just a thought.

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