When people who are underwater take off their goggles, how do they put them back on without water coming in???

Question

in movies you always see people taking off their goggles to give to another person but what i have NEVER understood i how they can put them back on when there underwater. i have tried it and the water just leaks in! can someone please help me i have wondered this for a long time!!

Answer 1

If you're talking regular swimming goggles, there's no way to do it.  But if it's a pair of scuba/snorkel goggles that cover your nose then it is.  What you do is apply pressure to the top of the mask so that way the bottom is no longer sealed against your skin, then exhale hard through your nose, the air leaving your nose will rise to the top of your mask forcing the water out.  Make sure to be vertical or if anything looking up to allow the process to be easier.

Answer 2

it can't happen. its one of them hollywood mistakes.

Answer 3

I would say that when you take them off, keep them with the open part facing down, like to where the strap is below the goggles. If you have ever pulled a bucket under the water upside down, you can put your head in it and breathe. Because the air is trapped in it because it has no where to go. But yeah you could try that.

Answer 4

the larger scuba diving goggles, you put them on and then... hold the top down kinda and blow out the nose which it sounds like you know. The bottom tilts up and you push the water out. Water does kinda leak in after you do that but it should be a manageable amount and you can clear it again every so often.