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A good hood and some good gloves (wet or dry).

Hopefully you're a small guy. The Dimension only has 30 pounds of weight carrying capacity and that looks like a neoprene dry suit to me.

Some weights and a steel cylinder
 
A good hood and some good gloves (wet or dry).

Hopefully you're a small guy. The Dimension only has 30 pounds of weight carrying capacity and that looks like a neoprene dry suit to me.

Oh and some weights

Using a Steel tank, like a HP100 would be a good option for diving that suit in Salt water.
 
Cobalt 2 indeed has a digital compass, much better than the Cobalt 1 had.
 
Congratulations on your certification!

Did you intend to buy two dive computers?

You might want to pick up a hood !


My friend quitted after her first dive, so I have two computers now~Initially I only have the Suunto one~ haha
 
I'm assuming the Suunto wrist model is an expensive, "back-up"...
I am also assuming, (by the pictured dry suit) that this diver will be in cold water.

Yes, it is a backup. But I have it because my girlfriend gave up diving after her first dive. So I have her computer. I had to change her pink case to a black one.
 
Congratulations on your certification!

Did you intend to buy two dive computers?

You might want to pick up a hood !

Yes, I have a hood. The temperature in South California is about 60. I once dove at Laguna Beach without glove and hood, found my brain stop working when I decent.
 
As k4kafka pointed out your octopus is on your BC inflator so unless you have the plug from the first stage I'd suggest you go back to the shop where you bought your gear and have them remove the yellow hose.

Does one of those gadgets have a compass?

Are you actually in SoCal? Are you planning on mainly beach or boat dives?

Yes, I am in SoCal. The yellow hose is for my drysuit. The two other hose if for my BCD and my SS1 inflator.
I am planning on mainly beach diving since I want to go Spearfishing at Malibu.
 
You've pretty much got redundant everything. 3 separate inflation systems - the I3 on the BC, the SS1 as an alt/octo on reg - which you'll use if you donate the yellow B2 and the drysuit inflation - which I suggest you use last - maybe take a class on that - it's pretty easy to invert in a drysuit if you get too much air in the legs. Also if the drysuit leaks - so does your buoyancy.

As mentioned above, you've got dual air redundancy also - IDK what Nolatom meant - you've got two pressure "gauges" - the transmitter is sending air pressure to the D6 Novo (it's doing calculations with it also) and the Cobalt on the hose also reads tank pressure.

Lastly you don't need a "2nd reg on that yellow hose" - that's probably your drysuit inflator hose. You've got two 2nd stages with the B2 Octo and the SS1 - Atomic designs both to breathe the same. Why didn't whoever sold you the stuff just sell you a standard B2 2nd stage instead? Are they trying to indicate that the B2 is the reg you'll donate to someone else?

I personally would not want to indicate that the reg I'm normally breathing on is one to be grabbed by another diver in an emergency since they're likely pretty stressed and grabbing for anything they can breathe on - potentially ripping it out of your mouth.

The Aqualung's Dimension has weight integration - the two gray handles shown are the Surelock system. So you don't need a belt.

I don't see that you're missing anything - maybe a good light? How much light depends on the water clarity where you dive. 500 lumens seems like a good compromise for lighting, signaling yet not scaring the fish away. eLED IMO is the only way to go now.

If you buy shears, make sure the pivot is stainless - my cheap pair rusted after the first ocean dive. The blades were fine but the pivot rusted closed.

In about a year invest in the correct computer/transmitter batteries and throw them in your bag. You'll only need it when you're somewhere they don't sell that particular one.

I'm a fan of Cobalt screen ever since I first saw one. If they ever do release a wrist version, I'll own one.


Thanks for your advice. I've already taken the Drysuit course and become a certified drysuit diver. I am actually looking for a pair of good lights now. The first brand I saw at my dive shop is Light & Motion. But the price is really high. I will look at Shears to see what they have.
 
Yes, I am in SoCal. The yellow hose is for my drysuit. The two other hose if for my BCD and my SS1 inflator.
I am planning on mainly beach diving since I want to go Spearfishing at Malibu.

To me it just seems like a bit more equipment than you might need for beach diving here. Personally I've never dived in California using a BCD, computer, and since I usually dive alone, an octopus. A compass can be handy sometimes.

Have you worn the dry suit going through the surf? I'm just wondering if it adds some additional drag. I've never worn a dry suit but I've sure thought about it when I hit thermoclines off of Catalina. ;)

without glove and hood, found my brain stop working when I decent.

Yes, a 1/4" (7mm) hood is pretty necessary.

Do the BCD and SS1 require separate hoses? I was under the impression that they shared one hose.
 

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