Quote Originally Posted by acelockco View Post
The mask you are going to look for is called a Pro Ear. Check around, your best bet is to try to find a local dive shop that has one he can try on, but here is a link : Amazon.com: IST Pro-Ear 2000 Scuba Dive Mask - ProEar Swim Mask: Sports & Outdoors

The ear plugs are here:

http://www.proplugs.com/scuba.html


NOW, more importantly why is your husband coming up too fast? This is an extremely serious problem. If we just mask his earache and nose bleed, it could be much worse. If he needs additional training, plenty is available but he needs to be comfortable in the water, know his gear and how to use it and he needs to follow the rules of scuba that he was taught. Many dive operators will supply a personal Dive Master or Dive Guide to you for an additional fee. If you explain to them the situation, they can help your husband figure out the situation.

Good luck.
Why is he coming up too fast? Well, he is still not very comfortable with finding how to hover. We are planning on taking a refresher course and then going to a lake or quarry to practice in shallow water. I think it's because he's so afraid to touch the bottom (obviously doesn't want to destroy coral or in the quarry, stir up the bottom so you can't see) and so he tries to add air to his BCD, instead of taking a deeper breath or just kicking upward as he gets too close to the bottom. He was not much of a swimmer to start with (He could float but that was it). Until we did this he had never put his head below the water, so I am very proud of what he has achieved so far, but he is still not much of a natural underwater. In Hawaii, we did have our own personal dive master and did a shallow shore dive. He was able to do it, with no nose bleed and no ear problems, so I do think that it would help just ot get more practice.

Thanks for the info about the earplugs.