Can Chip Credit Card Go Underwater?

[Wookie]

Modified 6....

 

[ScubaMarc]

Last month my credit card split into 2 pieces, front and back with the chip inside.

I checked out the pelican box, but it is much larger than what i would like. On shore dives i like to keep $60, dan, certification and 1 credit card. The pelican seem to big for me.

Maybe i can find a place in my camera case.

 

[Wookie]

Advantus and Witz both make a waterproof case no bigger than your credit card. Just a little thicker.

 

[ScubaMarc]

do those cases actually work? They always looked flimsy to me.

Advantus and Witz both make a waterproof case no bigger than your credit card. Just a little thicker.

 

[Wookie]

I don't use one, but I see them on the boat all the time. It has to be more waterproof than your pocket....

 

[PACKRMAN]

Leave it on the boat. I seriously doubt anyone has had a problem with the boat captain going thru their things. Who else are they going to point a finger at? Shore diving might be more of a problem but I never give it a second thought on a boat.

 

[Jax]

Last month my credit card split into 2 pieces, front and back with the chip inside.

I checked out the pelican box, but it is much larger than what i would like. On shore dives i like to keep $60, dan, certification and 1 credit card. The pelican seem to big for me.

Maybe i can find a place in my camera case.

1010 Protector - Micro Case | Equipment Cases | Pelican Products, Inc.

• INTERIOR (L X W X D)
  4.37" x 2.87" x 1.68" (11.1 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm)
• EXTERIOR (L X W X D)
  5.88" x 4.06" x 2.12" (14.9 x 10.3 x 5.4 cm)

 

[Jax]

When I travel I swim with my money clip in my shorts. I've had no issue with the chip not working during or after my trips.

No corrosion develops between the metal parts?

 

[Altamira]

I dive with two chipped cards and have had zero problems with either of them, despite failing to rinse them after the dives.

 

[mrfixitchapman]

If your card gets bent will a USN TT6 fix it?

We saw that one coming but could not stop it.

Well played.

DC