Safety equipment

[Centrals]

Here's what I carry on all open-water dives:
1 meter DSMB with over-pressure relief valve on a spool with 100 feet of line
3 meter SMB with SOLAS tape
EMT shears
Knife
Signal mirror
Whistle
C-A-T tourniquet
Sea marker dye
Air horn on my inflator

If I'm in a remote area with strong currents, then I also carry a GPS emergency locator beacon, registered with NOAA.

I'm considering a small square of a space blanket for sun protection while on the surface.

My gear choices are based on my experience in the Navy with searching for people in open water. The signal mirror and sea marker dye are particularly good for making sure that aircraft can find you in open ocean.

Very comprehensive list.
The time of diving in remote place is history for me. So I carry a lot less: smb with spool, line cutter and whistle. I do carry a torch all the time but do not regard it as safety equipment.

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[BoltSnap]

I can't stand semiclosed dsmb's, do not recommend.

What is that? Why the closed ones are better for you?

 

[UWDawgDiver]

Does anyone carry a dry box with a PLB along with other items like car fob, cell phone, energy bars, mylar blanket? Does anyone carry fresh water? What things go in the dry box vs. the BC pocket or Dive shorts pocket?

 

[tursiops]

Almost all of the gear fits in the pockets of my dive shorts
The 3 meter SMB is strapped to the bottom of my backplate with bungee cord.
Get a spool, not a reel.
This was my setup in the Maldives

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Where is the PLB?

 

[tbone1004]

What is that? Why the closed ones are better for you?

open bottoms tend to get water in them which is a pain to get out and if you're towing one with a bit too much scope they tend to act like sea anchors. Sure they're convenient to inflate from a second stage, but I prefer to use either a drysuit inflator hose or orally inflate them.

 

[BoltSnap]

open bottoms tend to get water in them which is a pain to get out and if you're towing one with a bit too much scope they tend to act like sea anchors. Sure they're convenient to inflate from a second stage, but I prefer to use either a drysuit inflator hose or orally inflate them.

What about the ones that have "baffles" to stop/reduce the water from getting in the dsmb? I am not talking about the ones that are totally open at bottom.

 

[tbone1004]

What about the ones that have "baffles" to stop/reduce the water from getting in the dsmb? I am not talking about the ones that are totally open at bottom.

those are the ones I was talking about. Fully open ones are pointless since they deflate if they flop over so you definitely don't want one of those

 

[BoltSnap]

those are the ones I was talking about. Fully open ones are pointless since they deflate if they flop over so you definitely don't want one of those

Interesting, I don't have an issue with these ones. I have used them forever and never had an issue with them that I remember. If any water gets in, I manage to get it out on the surface.

 

[Doc Harry]

Where is the PLB?

In a canister on my belt