Why Should You Never Hold your Breath while Scuba Diving

The most important rule in scuba diving is to never hold your breath. But why should you never hold your breath while scuba diving?

Same as our ears we also have to equalize our lungs while scuba diving. If we don’t then on the ascent we risk lung overextension injury. This is a serious condition that can be life-threatening.

​If we hold our breath while scuba diving on the ascent, we trap the air in our lungs and that starts expanding as we move from high to low pressure, to the point it can damage our lungs. This is why you should never hold your breath while scuba diving.

The good news is that we can easily solve this by doing nothing special other than breathing. When you scuba dive you should always breathe continuously and never hold your breath to let air escape from your lungs at any time, especially during ascent.

What can happen when you hold your breath during scuba diving?

If you hold your breath on the ascent while scuba diving you can rupture your lungs as expanding air cannot escape. When you ascend you move from high surrounding pressure to low pressure. This causes air from your lungs to expand.

This is not a problem if you breathe continuously, but if you hold your breath you trap the air in your lungs, and on the ascent, it can expand to a volume that can cause serious lung overexpansion (lung rupture) injuries.

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00:10 why should you never hold your breath while scuba diving
00:55 what happens if you hold your breath while scuba diving

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