For those who have done Seaventure

[angryduck71]

I am thinking of surprising my son with a Seaventure add-on (well, the whole Discovery Cove trip will be a surprise). he said the other day he wanted to have the superpower of walking on the ocean floor. I asked him, "if you could really do it with scuba gear or something, would you want to?" He said yes except that pressure gets to his ears. Even going down low in the deep end of a pool kind of bugs him, though he is on a swim team. Is the pressure kind of hard on the ears in this or does the helmet help?

 

[jeff_h]

We did it in 2014, and I don't remember having any problems with ear pressure, and I also can normally feel the ear pressure at the deep end of a pool.

 

[angryduck71]

We did it in 2014, and I don't remember having any problems with ear pressure, and I also can normally feel the ear pressure at the deep end of a pool.

This makes me feel much better.

 

[donnishobson]

The helmet does not help with ear pressure but you do not go down very deep - just a few feet under the surface.

 

[angryduck71]

The helmet does not help with ear pressure but you do not go down very deep - just a few feet under the surface.

Great -- maybe then I won't be so scared too. LOL

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

I just did seaventure two months ago. The helmet air is at a pressure of 1.5 normal so my ears still felt as if they needed to be cleared even after clearing them. The helmet was also very very loud- like sticking your head next to a vacuum cleaner loud. Walking was awkward and my brother ended up with a mouthful of salt water when he tilted his helmet forward by accident. It seemed like the pool floor was 15 feet or so under water- it was not a hard climb in or out of the pool.

It was amazing to be down among the fish but once was enough for me. The staff is very patient and will make sure you are ok at each step.

 

[kittylady1972]

My family did SeaVenture and we could watch them from above and from the side. They were not very deep at ALL so I wouldn't expect pressure to be an issue. We booked it the same morning that we checked in at Discovery Cove and not ahead of time just in case anybody changed their mind.

 

[angryduck71]

My family did SeaVenture and we could watch them from above and from the side. They were not very deep at ALL so I wouldn't expect pressure to be an issue. We booked it the same morning that we checked in at Discovery Cove and not ahead of time just in case anybody changed their mind.

LOL -- I was just going to message you and ask if you had done this!

 

[chiamarie]

Ear pressure comes from the water getting in your ears; and the air in your ears not clearing out. (you resolve the ear pressure by squeezing the air out and letting the water in) (Or, from my understand as a regular scuba diver). The helmets make it so your head doesn't get wet, and is pressurized with air; so the water pressure shouldn't be an issue from inside the helmet. And, as others have said, you really don't go very deep.