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Sensation in the beginning of dry static and question about SWB

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Samitintti

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Hi everyone!

I just started to practise freediving couple of weeks ago and I have been intensively reading about freediving but I was unable to find answers to following questions.

I was wondering that sometimes when I have just started holding my breath I get a sensation of dizziness which disappears within next 20 seconds or so. Does anybody know what it might be? I think I am not hyperventilating. I breathe normally and then I take two deep and slow breaths and after third deep inhale I start holding my breath. Could it be caused by low CO2 levels or because of heart beat slowing down?

Then another thing I was not able to find answer was that is there "safe" depth that does not increase significantly the risk of shallow water blackout? Is it likely to occur if I dive to 10 meters and immediately return up. I can hold my breath in dry static usually about 2 minutes and my max. is little over 3 minutes.

I am not a native english speaker so forgive me about my grammar :)
 
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