Head scuba diving
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jun 9, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Jun 9, 2018the latest report was made
- Apr 11, 2018the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Head
- Maker
- Head USA Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Scuba divingThe activity, its clothing or equipmentCPSC’s product type: Scuba Diving (Activity, Apparel or Equipment) (code 1275), in Sports and Recreation: Pools & Water Sports
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| June 2018 | 1 |
| April 2018 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 2 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Jun 9, 2018, sent to the company Aug 27, 2018, published by CPSC Sep 11, 2018
The product, in the report: HEAD Sport full face mask allows the user to breathe from their mouth or nose, without the normal issues of a conventional mask and snorkel. Keep your face dry and breathe easy with the surgical grade silicone skirt and dry top snorkel. It is a small/medium size.
We purchased this HEAD Sport Full Face Snorkeling Mask for our 10 years old son from Costco. He used this in a swimming pool. It worked fine in the first 20 minutes. However, this mask stopped working as the seal won’t open up again even when my son’s head above water. When this happened, my son was not able to breath and was almost suffocated. He was so panic to this product. There is apparently a design failure with the product as the sealing floater will be trapped to the top at certain angle and will not open up the breath channel even after the head above water. When this happened, the person who is using the product will be in a very dangerous situation.
- Bought from
- Costco
- Bought
- Jun 4, 2018
- Where
- Unspecified: Place of Recreation or Sports
- Who was involved
- Age 10, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Head, made or sold by Head USA Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Apr 11, 2018, sent to the company Aug 17, 2018, published by CPSC Sep 10, 2018
The product, in the report: swimming mask
The consumer said that this diving mask permits water to get inside of the breathing compartment, which covers the nose and mouth.
If it is secured snuggly around the face and you keep you face in the water and you head tilted up, water may not get inside. However, as soon as one submerges their head or there is a lot of splashing, water will get in the mask and may get into the 2 tubes connected to the mask. Water can then get into ones nose or mouth. The water may enter through the snorkel, especially if the ball jams when submerging or the ball may jam in a closed position after surfacing - making one unable to breathe, a life threatening situation.
By the mouth, there is a pressure release where one can blow water out, but water does not completely exit the mask. When expelling water through the pressure release some of the water goes up the breathing tubes and then returns into the nose and mouth compartment - not safe.
(dates unknown) The consumer sent the firm 3 emails about his concern and he received a response to the first two, but not the 3rd one.
He purchased the product ‘open box’, so they are not offering a warranty, but the consumer is not concerned about that.
He believes that these masks may present a safety hazard to swimmers.
Follow up to initial complaint: I went to the Mares Head Company office near my residence, in person, with product. I met with [REDACTED]: Phone number [REDACTED], email [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] greeted me, for he knew I was coming and from the first moment I was treated most graciously. I showed him the full face mask that I had been using and explained to him how I had been using it. [REDACTED] suggested that I had been using it for swimming laps in a pool, primarily, and for snorkeling only secondarily; and that was not the purpose for which the mask had been designed. The mask was designed strictly for snorkeling which is not quite as exhausting as lap swimming and thus the breathing pattern is different. He also suggested that the shape of my face did not fit perfectly into the mask. When I used the mask to just snorkel about my pool I did not incur the extensive seepage that happened when I swam laps or when I dove to the bottom of the four and a half foot deep end of the pool to clear debris. [REDACTED] understood the problem and was kind enough to give me a very generous trade in for my old mask, exchanging it for a mask and snorkel set, better suited to my needs. The result was a win, win conclusion! Cordially yours, [REDACTED]
- Model
- Sea Vu Dry FFM
- Serial number
- 496325-BK BXLXL-11IT
- Bought from
- Dixie Divers, Florida
- Bought
- Feb 1, 2018, about then
- Where
- Boca Raton, Florida: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 82, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Head, made or sold by Head USA Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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