What do you like to eat for pre-dive and surface interval food?

[Diver Dennis]

We never have a special diet for diving. Here in Asia breakfast can mean anything from bacon and eggs to rice and fish. I do like fruit during an SI though if there is not a restaurant around.

 

[saltydawg]

breakfast :a couple of bagles, cream cheese and lox, water, water and another bottle of water, and then a cup of coffee( gotta keep the wet suit warm)
SI : gyro,pita and hummus

 

[boat sju]

Fresh pineapple during the SI at Molokini Crater off Maui. Anyone know how they carve the pineapple there?

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

SI : gyro,pita and hummus

Yummmmm!!

 

[Racket]

I like protien bars, my personal fav's are the zone bars from costco. They are easy to store in your dive bag, and help give me extra energy.

 

[GA Under Water]

Fresh pineapple during the SI at Molokini Crater off Maui. Anyone know how they carve the pineapple there?

I know how they do it on Oahu, do they serve it in the rhine on Maui?

 

[piikki]

In the morning things that won’t aggravate the gut. In my case, it’s either god old oatmeal or bowl of cereal and maybe some toast and banana. I am not big on breakfasts but on diving days I try to eat a bit more than usual.

For SI, we make sandwiches with something pretty mellow like cheddar + cucumber and maybe yesterday’s chicken. Pack a yogurt, another banana, a choc bar, and if it’s cold season a thermos full of tea or hot choc. Raisins, dried apricots are great too. Our dive sites aren’t next to shops and kiosks, so I like to have options. If I don’t eat from the cooler on SI, I’ll eat them on the ride back home.

 

[ClayJar]

A little bit of this is GOOD---anytime, anywhere........

Hmm... you bring up an interesting idea. Would eating a few cobs of crawfish boil corn make my lips burn enough to keep them warm during a subsequent 50-ish-degree dive? (Too bad I'm originally a cheesehead, or I'd have to try it myself.)


As for what to eat during a surface interval, you can't argue with ginger snaps on a boat.

 

[diver 85]

Fresh pineapple during the SI at Molokini Crater off Maui. Anyone know how they carve the pineapple there?

With a knife???.....

 

[MSilvia]

I like to hydrate with a mix of gatorade and water per what I took to be well reasoned advice from Tom Mount of IANTD, but practically speaking I'm more likely to have regular water with me, and I'm fine with that. If I have a long early morning drive to the dive site or boat, I'll often have a cup of coffee on the way, and if I stop for a cup I might grab a muffin.

I got a microwaved sausage and egg breakfast sandwich from a convenience store before a choppy boat ride out to Block Island once, but there wasn't any breakfast left in my by the time we got to the wreck we were diving (the Idene, I think). I now avoid greasy food pre-dive, or at least pre-diveboat. Really, I think a light, healthy meal first is best both for the dive and my general well-being, and fruit is probably my favorite food to bring along for a SI snack.

My absolute favorite SI food has to be freshly shucked raw sea scallops harvested on the first dive. Delicious!