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I have used nose clips in the past for the same reason. I kept losing or breaking them and decided to learn to not get water in my nose.
As I do tumble turns and front crawl it took some practice and now I don’t suffer with it at all. The trick is to always breathe out through your nose when your face is in the water. It’s second nature now but it took a lot of conscious effort for a few sessions.
After swimming lengths in an indoor pool I've started to get a completely blocked nose for at least a day and a half afterwards. Reaction to chlorine I expect. Never used to get this but it's been 4 days now and I'm still a bit blocked up. Anyone else get this? Is a nose clip the way to go?