I used to get sea sick within 5 min after the boat I was on would leave port. That lasted for several years and must say that I have been immensely sea sick, literally hanging over the railing and throwing up until nothing came out. Then I bought my first boat, went out at sea and I still don't know why, but I got over my sea sickness. No matter how rough the sea now is, I won't get sea sick anymore. The one thing I always tell anyone onboard my boat is the moment they start thinking they get sea sick is to step forward and start steering the boat. 90 % of them don't have time to get sea sick anymore. Your suggestion to start breathing deeply is something I can attest to. When I was a military pilot we had this secret remedy for back seater who got air sick. Switch to 100 % and take deep breaths..........it would solve their problems. But I agree, if you are one of the people who get sea sick I feel for you, I know what you are going through, I experienced it myself and it is the most horrible feeling there is.

Captain Lang, thank you for this. One of your best videos yet. Please keep them coming.

Seasickness is the body’s response to being poisoned. The confused inputs of visual cues versus inner ear orientation cues mimics the effects of many poisons. So the body acts to eject the poison - vomiting.

Sea sickness not only physically scars you,it mentally scars you. I went out on a boat this morning off of the Gold Coast in Australia and I got violently ill. The vomiting doesn't stop. It is by far the worst thing that has ever happened to me.

All great tips! When I got sea sick yesterday, I threw up. Felt better instantly. Make sure to stay hydrated.

Sea legs fixed me. When I sat still, while getting rocked by the waves, I would get sick. Then I was told by a captain about sea legs, like going opposite way the waves are rocking. This stopped me getting rocked by the waves and shaking my stomach. When the boat goes up on your right side first lean into the wave, when it goes down the other side to your left side, lean into the wave again. This keeps you verticle at all times, your stomach stabilized, instead of the wave rocking you. This is how captains keep from getting seasick. You can sit and do it too, just keep your torso verticle at all times.

Thumbs up for including the ear plugs...best and easiest remedy for sea sickness

3 minute mark. "I get these earplugs at a gunstore" Auto gen caption reads "hardware store". Lol Orwell would be proud

What an awesome video. Straight to the point and very helpful!

I learned, that seasickness in most cases comes together with high levels of histamine, i.e. due to meals with cheese, tomatoes,wine, beer. To counter them, you can use high levels of vitamin C. I always have a box of vitamin C powder on board and take about 300 mg per day with mineral water. It seems to work.

I really like the whole preventative section. It's all very accurate from what I've found as a marine biologist and a commercial fisherman. I would take it to another level though and say anything that might slightly upset your stomach on land will dramatically upset your stomach at-sea, if you're not used to the sea at the time (so after a day or so you can start doing these things). When I'm headed out to sea, I will not touch alcohol the night before, I will eat bland foods before the trip, and I will have maybe 1/3 of the caffeine that I normally have. But after the first day, I will start adding in fat and whatnot to my diet. You DO get used to it after awhile.

This seems to be the most comprehensive of seasickness preventative measures out there! Thanks Captain Lang!

Extremely helpful video! Thank you so much.

Very useful video, thanks for posting some new methods I had not heard of before.

I was a sailor in the US Navy in the 80s and 90s and I got sea sick my first time out. We were still in the Chesapeake Bay and the weather was calm. I did have a big greasy breakfast with lots of eggs. I have about 4 1/2 years of sea time and that was the only time I got really sick. There were a few times in the North Atlantic or going around the tip of South America when I would start feeling queasy or start getting a headache, but usually going above deck for fresh air and looking ahead as you said took care of that. Laying down in your bunk or doing the breathing exercises also helps. You would be surprised how much a 565 foot Cruiser that displaces over 9000 tons gets tossed around in big seas.

I've always found the best solution to motion sickness is to be hydrated and to eat sensibly. I do suffer from motion sickness but if I make sure I am fully hydrated before going to sea I don't suffer.

A weird way for me to not get sea sick is jumping in the water for 5 mins. If I’m feeling sick I jump in and after that I’m perfectly fine. I’m on a boat all day long working as a commercial diver. That always helps for me. Or keep my eye on the horizon, not the water! This video was very informative thank you!

You have a nice voice that's easy to listen to. Also thanks for the tips as I don't want to be the nearly boy hanging off the side of the boat all day

Hold your eyes on the horizon and allow your body to naturally stay perpendicular to that point. I do this for 30 minutes or so in rough seas. Works for me.

I only get sea sick when I think about getting sea sick! I was fine before I knew what sea sick was wtf lol

Great ideas. Dramamine can be as bad as sea sickness itself. In Australia the best product we have is called “travel calm”. I’m keen to try the ear protection.

I've used this method and it worked on my last trip to Ensenada

Thankyou a lot for this! Very informative and helpful. I hear that 90% of seasickness is mental. So thinking and predicting it could affect you. That's freaks me out! I never got seasick in my life (and hopefully never!) but these are helpful so I can still prevent it. And prevent from thinking about it!

Very helpful - Thank you Captain Lang.

My wife gets seasick on an inner tube on a lake. We went out on an evening gambling cruse in February (hard weather month). I bought her the ReliefBand. A electronic device worn like a wrist watch. She was on the slot machines when the weather turned on us and she started to feel sick… she turned the band to setting 2 (settings 1-5 on the band), 5 seconds later she was back on the slot machine having a great time. As we left the casino deck on our way up to the dance deck, the corners and dining deck were all occupied with people seasick. I like to solo sail and there is never a good time to get seasick, so I take the ReliefBand with me just in case.

Thank you! I love fishing, but I get really really seasick. So I am definitely going to try this

Thank you for share! I will try ears plug.

I had my airports in when I was sick today, it really helped!

Thank you so much captain Lang !!!

Great video! I tried the heavy drinking the night before, and lots of coffee in the morning trick. Worst day of my life. Wouldn't wish on anyone. Staying below with diesel fumes helps as well. :) Smooth sailing.

Thank you for making my fishing trip a success!!!

I learned this simple trick almost 7 decades ago, sailing aboard the Kia Loa out of Waikiki Yacht Harbor - the boat's skipper, a Mr. James Black, quickly handed my 12-year-old self a small glass of beer when I became ill one afternoon. IT WORKS! 'Nuff said...

Thanks for posting this. I have three days in a row on a deep sea fishing boat here in cabo. Was feeling very stressed because a couple days ago I went out and was sea sick for nearly 4 hours.

Good tips, will try em out

I use the old English method. Drink a bottle of rum each night. The next day, you'll be throwing up for about an hour and won't be able to tell whether you're sea sick or hungover.

Thanks for some new ideas.

There's a Canadian version of Dramamine that's called Gravol. This stuff works splendidly if taken in time as you mentioned.

Prescription scopolamine patch works for many and is long lasting. Remember to place it a few hours before it is needed and remember to bring sunglasses since it will dilate your pupils. Does produce drowsiness in some folks.

Thank you Captain Lang for sharing 🖒🖒🖒

i had similar symptoms on every mean of transportation as a child - i found some cure. Shall the vessel size allows don't sit, don't lay down - stay on Your feet and let Your muscle/brain react to any vibrations / change of balance. Find right frame of reference for Your brain - like focusing on horizon on fast moving cars, or some vertical surfaces attached to Your vessel, when it swings like pendullum (case of a ship). It's all about two thing 1) conflicting frame of references, (eye signal vs gravity/inertia signal) 2) we have own "weak points" - certain positions of head where applying even small acceleration, even smallest variations in g-force makes us feel bad. Learn this weak point, understand the movement (movement of experienced direction of gravity) and let Your muscles do the job.

They dont want to do deep breaths because they are probably afraid of puking.. yet the reason they will puke is a constricted diaphram which the breathing exercise relaxes. Guess they dont realize that when you tell them about the exercise. Good video. I didnt know about the earplug trick.. i dont get sea sick but my wife does. Gonna have to test it on our first cruise. Love the vid.

Will try it next time, thanks

Great video!!

Awesome Video!!!

Awesome information. I just did everything wrong on my first ocean sail

For motion sickness/sea sick on cruises, get a “pressure point bracelet”. I have used it on every cruise in my life and they work every time! The pressure point prevents nausea and keeps you on your “sea legs” so to speak :)

After sailing for the first time I felt a little dizzy and and light headed in the beginning so I closed my eyes for a minute put my head down sitting upright relaxed and put my mind on something else and it passed pretty quick

I laughed when I saw the bagel..... my first deep sea fishing trip with my church my breakfast was a bagel and purple gatorade... took me a long time before I could eat a bagel again.

Thank you captain! :3

These are great tips, wish I watched this video prior to going out fishing last week. 5-6 foot waves, had little sleep, and coffee on an empty stomach. Recipe for disaster!!!

I'm the only one in my family that doesn't get seasickness. Whenever we went whale watching as a kid, even when the ocean was rough, I'd be out an about trying to get the best view. Meanwhile, my mom and sister would be stuck inside the tour boat trying not to throw up. My sister is the worst of us, and my mom would be fine unless the waves got really choppy. The only bad experience on the ocean I had was when I almost went overboard; we hit a pretty rough wave and I was leaning too far out. I was barely caught by a couple who were standing next to me. If they had reacted even a second later, I would of fallen into the water, which was freezing given it was off the coast of Oregon. The tour guy got upset with me since he had already warned not to do that. My mom was mad too since that scared the daylights out of her.

Thank you for posting--What works for me, and most people, is Scopolamine, the "patch" (with Scopolamine) MUST be applied, the night before as he mentions. How do you know if it is working? When you get up in the morning, you will find, that IF you have serous dry mouth--it is working. Here is one more thing, a sail boat works much better than a motor boat, why? Because the sail boat "bites" into the water and off you go, you do not tend to roll side to side. It is the side to side motion, that gets you. But use "the patch", and put it on the night before.

I had a lifelong dream of being a pirate. Unfortunately, I get severe seasickness. My family tells me I look ridiculous wearing pirate clothes all the time nowhere near the water.

Okay Thank U 😘

Talking about motion sickness makes me motion sick

Thanks CL that was informative and hopefully helpfull :-)

I got carsick as a little kid. Just a 30 minute ride would be too much for me, would have to take multiple breaks and I’d normally throw up. Got a little better as I got older. I stopped throwing up but still wanted to. Then I started driving and I’m mostly cured. The sea is another story, I bought a 15’ scupper pro to fish with. Took it out today, lasted maybe 30 minutes. Enjoyed the first 5. I love shoreline fishing but kayak fishing looks so fun. But one of the worst feelings is being motion sick. And on a boat is the worst. You can’t pull over and take a break.

For some reason, as long as I'm driving the boat, I don't get seasick. If I do get sick, if I lay down it goes away.

Marijuana cookies/edibles has been the only cure that’s worked for me and I’ve tried all these mentioned with everyone failing. Makes reggae sounds good too 👌🏼

Thank u x

Artie Lange ;) Thank you .

I always carry a bottle of soda. That thing really helps me

Staying busy prevents it the best. People get seasick on charter fishing boats because the crew is doing all the work, and using their brain while you sit there watching the waves. Get up and learn something from the mates or go up top and talk to the captain... Don't even drink two beers the night before. Drinking beer WHILE on the boat helps prevent seasickness for sure. If I start feeling it, I drink ice cold beer. It's just enough to calm my brain down I guess.

Ship's crew members have recommended eating a green apple. I have only tried this once with good results but i need more data points.

I remember being on a cruise ship going across the North Atlantic during a storm. There were 35-foot waves and people were literally emptying the contents of their stomachs all over the floor. Everywhere you went, you saw people crying, in pain and agony and praying for death to come swiftly. Meanwhile, I was walking around, wondering if perhaps there'd been a case of food poisoning at the restaurant. I didn't feel sick at all. In fact, I quite enjoyed walking around on the swaying floors because it felt like being drunk while being sober. So it was more funny than anything else. And then I went to bed, read a book for a while, before falling asleep to the rocking movements of the ship.

I tried the bracelet when i went to a whale watch and it worked pretty well.

Im working with a fish lab at my university this summer. First day out on the boat i was sea sick for 4 hours straight. Only affected me when the boat was stopped wierdly enough... I would run to the back of the boat and yak, and then id run back to the front to try and assist with something 😂

pot and ginger tea helps.

Do you think a wireless earbud would be effective enough, or would that not be deep enough for the desired affect? I'm getting on a 5-hour ferry in 36 hours and pretty nervous about sea-sickness. Really appreciate the video!

Thanks. Good tips, things to try...er, not very good methodology. (If it works that's okay) I'm a sea kayaker and I don't get sick very often, maybe 1 out of 100 long paddles off shore. I've tried ginger capsules, raw ginger, ginger candy works the best. One piece will do it. Bonine? My sickest bought was while taking this. Dramamine. Makes me sleepy. I went to Van Nuys Airport to go flying with a friend. I didn't want to be late, so I left my house an hour early, took some Dramamine, got drowsy, went to the wrong entrance of the airport, fell asleep, missed the flight, lost a friend. Don't look at details on board.On a whale watch boat I was explaining sea sickness and I noticed the pattern on their shirt. I got sea sick. I'll try the ear plug. Sounds interesting. When I paddle I don't consider that I've done anything unless I get beyond the breakwater and feel the ocean, when I get sea sick I notice the sea seems a bit different. The combination of two wave fronts creating a swirl. I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be a comprehensive study of sea sickness.

Regarding the wrist band/pressure point preventive, I have found it to be the more effective than the pharmaceuticals, as there is none of their side effects (drowsiness, feeling dopey, dry mouth). It works best by putting them on before bedtime the night before going out to give them time to take effect, and leave them on until back at the dock. I have never heard of the ear plug trick before, will give it a go. The use of ginger is a good idea. I wonder if peppermint would work.

Im a US citizen and grew up fishing on lakes in Minnesota, now I live in the West Indies where I have attempted many times to go on the Atlantic sea to fish on small panga style boats. Well I made an attempt at it again yesterday and boy! I still cant get ahold of why i get sick. Thankfully I didnt puke this trip ad I tend to semi pass out when I puke. I really want to get ahold of this sickness so I can go out and fish with my significant other but it always gets the best of me each time. We also dont have access to the tablets like the US but the dramemine (sp) I have tried and still get sick I have also tried ginger to no avail I saw someone mention take the ginger night before I will try that one next time I go out.

Ginger helped me :D

1 earplugg really helps!

Sea sick.. i got this thing in a boaty day.. nd that is the most badly day for me... like iam going to die... 😵😵😵... sea sick is very bad situation... thx fr this advice.. 👍

Ive found that getting in the water and swimming for a few minutes helps when im sea sick. Another time i was feeling sea sick all morning took a nap on the boat eventually and when i woke up i felt great.

interesting advice

Gave up sailing i loved it but couldn't get over being sea sea sick all the time.

Personally I like rocking and moving with the boat it keeps me stable

Great tips, I will be trying a few of them. I get extreme motion sickness. And, off the subject, where did you wife get that hat from? ❤️

The ONLY thing that has ever worked for me is BONINE and that’s it. Every time it works!

Transderm scōp .......a blessing.

Inhaling slowly and deeply through the nose increases Nitric Oxide in the bloodstream, which makes all blood vessels dilate so blood pressure drops.

I was in the Navy. If you feel sea sick, lay down flat on your back. Works great.

I got seasick one time. It wasn't fun. I don't go out on the water anymore. That's my prevention! 😅

I get sick at the dock. It's bad.

Another poster said dive in water. Always wondered about that. For me, the heat, even slightly warm weather and calm seas. I really think If I were distracted by an emergency, it would go away. Also, always wanted to try an experiment. Get in boat with blindfold on. Ride bay, ocean, bay,etc. Have some ask me how I feel in either location. Fishing bay, no problem. Soon as ocean, green. Must be in my head

I'm going on my first cruise next month and I've never had a problem with motion sickness in my life, best to be prepared just in case though. Thanks for the video and hopefully I don't get sea sick, but at least I have some remedies if I do! 😁

I get incapacitated when I get motion sickness. Need help!

Learning how to fly aerobatics helps a lot. In fact, totally eliminates it.

seasickness, keep your eyes on the horizon, not down inside the boat. works for me.

I go on a lot of boat party’s and dance never get sea sick but if I go on a boat and just sit there I’m gonna be dead as

Add ginger ale - provides carbohydrates and fluids.

Alcohol is definitely a cure. But very small amounts in order to mitigate peripheral nerve impulses. And it must be taken in advance. 4 cl Aquavite every one or two hours. I combine it with a bun. I haven´t tested bagels yet but they will probably work quite well.

I didn't know anything before a fishing trip I took recently, got 4 hours sleep, drank coffee, ate a sausage mic muffin then got on the boat, an hour in I thought I was about to die, the nausea was the best part, I held it in for 2 hours until I felt better, but there was only 10 minutes of fishing time left, should've puked, but my pride got in the way.

I gotta try some of this stuff because I can’t seem to get over sea sickness and is so much torture.

Seasickness is the result of body thinking it has ingested poison. Poisons can interfere with cerebral processing of visual and inner ear positioning... dizziness. This is why visual frame of reference that is static conflicting with motion causes body to want to expel the possible contaminant, and why going on deck to coordinate visual reference of horizon is helpful.

I went deep sea fishing today with my uncle and man I never felt so sick ‘ I wish I watched this video before , my mom made fun of me and said “ I don’t have my sea legs “ lol .

Scientists have a very good idea of what causes sea sickness. It’s to do with the inner ear and eye, the body gets confused because the eyes don’t sense the motion as much as the body senses it causing a visceral reaction from your body theorised (has heavy scientific bases behind it) to be due to the body believing it’s been poisoned. The body then tries to expel the toxics through vomiting and sweating. P.S I’m not trying to be that one guy that always has to correct something I just thought you may be interested in the information.

I have anxiety and I also get motion sickness and then feel dizzy like passing out? I don't know if supplements will help?