Been a scuba instructor nearly 30 years and there are ways around this. I have a beard and a few of my instructorS resembled vikings over the years. If the mask is a good fit a beard won’t make a massive amount of difference but using a little vaseline smoothed into the hair over the top lip works a treat. Also another rookie error people make is having it on too tight. Just needs to be snug. If its too tight it will tend to cause leakage either side of the nose in the creases your face makes accommodating the mouthpiece of either a snorkel or scuba regulator. You still got some awesome shots though. Pain in the ass a leaky mask!
Thanks for the tips man. I am going to have to try the vaseline trick. I am sure my mask was way too tight as well. I figured the tighter the better, lol. That would explain why it would leak when I turned my head certain ways.
No worries. It was the most common issue we had to deal with. People would blame the mask and I would say dude the masks fine it’s your face thats the problem lol. If its an activity you will do alot find a mask that fits your face well and buy one. Even more important diving
My face has been a problem I have been dealing with my whole life, lol. When I lived in Japan my dad would go diving all the time and he had the coolest mask. I don't even know how much he spent on it. It had his glasses prescription and everything so he could see clear under the water.