Garden Hose Snorkel

By EJ Mercer
Category: Fun & Games
Time Required: 15 to 30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

This guide shows how to create a snorkel that can connect to a garden hose so you can breathe underwater. And DO NOT make it without the check valve, or you will end up breathing the CO₂ back in. =) It costs $18 without the snorkel/masks and hose.

Steps

Step #1: Parts

Photo 1 shows the parts you will need other than the hose.
UNLESS YOU HAVE AN AIR PUMP THAT YOU CAN ATTACH TO THE END OF THE HOSE, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PROJECT. I don't have a pump.
Your snorkel needs to have a built in check valve. To test it, breathe into the snorkel with the end plugged. If you can still breathe out, you have a check valve.
DO NOT MAKE PROJECT WITHOUT THE CHECK VALVE OR YOU MAY DIE WHILE USING IT. THE CHECK VALVE PREVENTS CO₂ FROM BEING INHALED THROUGH THE HOSE.
First, separate the mouthpiece and the snorkel top.

7 Responses to Garden Hose Snorkel

EJ Mercer on July 7th, 2012 at 2:54 am said:

This is only for swimming pools.

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EJ Mercer on July 7th, 2012 at 3:26 pm said:

Oh and also, I tested it at least 7 times before i tried it.

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EJ Mercer on July 9th, 2012 at 2:02 pm said:

That is what the check valve is for. You breathe in from the hose and out through the snorkel. THe check valve forces the co2 out the bottom of the snorkel.

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EJ Mercer on July 9th, 2012 at 2:10 pm said:

Also, If you were right, you would die using a normal snorkel.

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EJ Mercer on July 9th, 2012 at 2:15 pm said:

When i tried it, i couldn’t breathe in because i am only 11, and the water pressure was too high. the apparatus worked just fine and kept the water out.

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EJ Mercer on July 9th, 2012 at 2:17 pm said:

Also, if i did breathe the co2 back in, I would faint and go to the surface and breathe normal air through the snorkel.

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EJ Mercer on July 10th, 2012 at 6:32 pm said:

For swimming pools only.

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