Every Dive Carry - what gear do you bring on every dive?

[Wibble]

• Tag for the shot line - don’t want the shot pulled up when I’m still on the wreck!
• Strobe to find the shot line
• Scooter to tour the wreck
• 100m/330ft reel with self-inflating SMB in case of not finding the shot line
• Spare SMB on 60m/200ft spool
• Primary umbilical light as it’s invariably dark on the wreck
• Backup lights
• Backup computer -- ratio deco pah!
• Pee valve — the second most important invention for scuba diving

 

[divad]

Snacks.......Snacks Rule....

 

[Wibble]

Snacks.......Snacks Rule....

Soggy snacks, as opposed to Scooby Snacks that you leave on the boat?

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

My EDC List:

• one forty-five caliber automatic
• two boxes of ammunition
• four days' concentrated emergency rations
• one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
• one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
• one hundred dollars in rubles
• one hundred dollars in gold
• nine packs of chewing gum
• one issue of prophylactics
• three lipsticks
• three pair of nylons stockings

Two hundred bucks isn't going to get you far but I guess the lipsticks and nylons can help you earn some extra cash, if you have the legs for it.

 

[RobPNW]

Mask, fins, regulators, hoses, tank, pressure gauge, some sort of buoyancy thingy. I struggle with the basics

 

[davehicks]

"Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff!"

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Camera, small knife. That's all. I don't need to carry a dive shop with me on recreational dives.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Nothing but one Victorinox cutting knife on my waist strap if it’s just a shore dive to get wet, get some exercise and look around, and a compass.
Those are always on me no matter what.
The only time the compass might get left behind is for urchin collection dives.

Start adding gear for hunting:
Second Riffe fish dispatching knife -pointy and sharp.
Spear gun
Game bag
BFK on left inner calf for gathering scallops
One back up light clipped to left D-ring for looking into holes and cracks
Trilobite line cutter if I’m diving the jetties due to a lot of fishing line.

New:
Large urchin collection bags
50# lift bag for full urchin bags
Urchin collecting rake (home made)

 

[OTF]

• DSMB+spool
• Spare mask
• Notebook, the notebook pocket containing spare pencils and a 15' piece of dyneema rope
• Multiple cutters mounted different places including one BFK
• Small spare light secured in the DIR style

That is the bare minimum standard on EVERY dive. In reality there's invariably a mix of additions appropriate for the mission and conditions.

 

[Jonn]

Most guys here pack WAY heavier than I do. Didn’t know I was such a minimalist.
-gigantic old Scubapro dive knife on my weight belt
-little backup light, even in clear water and bright sun
These days solo shore diving is the only sort I seem to do so I also take:
-pony bottle
-key ring (car has plain mechanical lock)