If you were going 10 miles out to sea from shore...

[dmoore19]

Nah, more of a seagull poster. Fly in leave a pile, fly out.

 

[divad]

what equipment would you use, specifically? No boat.
If you had no gear, what would you buy?

Say, in the neighborhood of a grand.
Water temperature 65 - 70. There is no need to go below water. You don't have to plan a return trip.

Swim.

 

[Yank]

Windsurf board.

 

[cb5150]

Snorkel, securely attached to the left side of my mask, and split-fins.

 

[RJP]

Snorkel, securely attached to the left side of my mask, and split-fins.

+ SpareAir

 

[JBFG]

cement shoes and 10 miles of garden hose...

 

[cb5150]

+ SpareAir

+ tank banger or rattle...or both!

 

[gcarter]

No return trip?

 

[vincent54]

If you are planning to run from something, smuggle drugs or munitions, the plan will fail.

The odds of successfully performing a disappearing act are slim to none.

I grew up with a fella that staged his own diving death off Florida. He took a row boat with his dive gear way out in the Gulf and had a buddy pick him up from Houston. We were clowned and thought he had died. Everyone was fooled but the law. A few years later he was picked up by the Marshals and went to prison. The OP sounds like he/she is formulating a similar dumb plan.

Hopefully, it is just a hypothetical question that will have no answer.

 

[Peter_C]

Interesting troll...

Windsurf board.

BINGO!

Or a kiteboard and kite. Many folks have gone much further around the Hawaiian islands that way. Google Robbie Nash for one example.