Hi everyone

Welcome to Speardiver. Not had any blood issues before. I stop going down if I can't clear. Pain is way to say STOP.

Neptonics sells out of Australia, that might help.

Or try Peter Fearnside at "One Breath Diving" also in Australia. Peter is pretty good on providing info, he might have local source for you to trade with.

Welcome

Welcome and good luck with your pain/bloodied issue. Certainly don't want to push it. Good luck finding equipment you need in Taiwan.

I am curios as to the environment you dive in - how is the water in regards to clarity and temperatures and the quality of coral reefs. Again welcome and good luck finding equipment.

Welcome!
I had a similar experience with rupturing something in my upper sinuses. For me it was shortly after getting over a cold and I made a few dives, (shallow 10-15') with little problems, then when I hit 20' I heard a squeak then a pop. I bled for about a week and decided to stay out of the water for a few weeks after it stopped. I'm guessing that it was leftover congestion that caused it for me. I used a netipot while recovering and it seemed to help wash out the blood. I then used it before my next few dives to help make clearing easier on me. There's a few threads on here about netipots that might help you out so it doesn't happen again. Take it easy your next time out and stop before the pain. Good luck

Welcome to Speardiver.

Upper sinus pain can feel like eye pain. Just take a break from diving and let it heal. In the future make sure you're equalizing sufficiently and easily. Diving with a cold/stuffed up makes equalizing difficult.

Quote from Rookie

Oscar here is an article I found that answers your question better than my brief description.

https://syurati.wordpress.com/…the-thrill-of-freediving/

Ni How Rookie.

I found this rather interesting. Warm wate, great Viz, decent structure (Green Island Video) but wow so little sea life. The comparison to Japan was interesting. I made several winter scuba recreational dives in Japan (in a snow storm twice with dry suit) and was very impressed by the sea life, water clarity, structure, etc.

I'm guessing you might have better luck finding pelagic fish than reef game fish. Sure looked devoid of sea life.

Xie Xie - does satisfy my curiosity. I spent a lot of time in the PRC and some of it along the coast and always wanted to dive to see what it was like but never had the opportunity.

hi:)
it sounds pretty much like your sinuses. i had the same problem when i started diving (it can feel like tooth pain, or pain in the jaw, or somewhere on the forehead near the eyebrows and nose)
if you have it on one day, you can try to suck in salt water through your nose and blow it out again. sometimes this helps, but especially if you have a cold, it'll be hard to get it away immediately.

i got rid of that pain by doing the following:

from time to time i close my nose and do the equalizing thing and hold it that way for 20 seconds. this will widen the eustachian tube and the sinuses by time.
before i go out on a diving trip, i clean my nose and sinuses by using a netipot. from my experience it's best to do this in a shower, as you can lean down your head as far as possible, which will make it easier to clean the sinuses.

these two things helped me pretty much and i almost never have any pain in my sinuses, except when i recently had a cold. there is some nose sprays that will do different things, like widen your sinuses or dissolve whatever is blocking the way.
but nose sprays would be my last choice, as they are usually unhealthy and a few are even addictive..

hope this can help you
safe diving:)
have a nice day