What to do with car keys?

[gfisher4792]

What is cave line?

In general, the same kind of line/rope that you find on caver's reels. Usually nylon or Dacron, is negatively buoyant and is easy to melt/seal the cut ends.

 

[ShakaZulu]

Put it in my buddies car, or hide it below a rock.

 

[voop]

I clip my keys to the suspenders inside my drysuit. Find a spot where the BC staps will not squeeze it into your pecs, and you're good to go. That is, assuming that you're diving dry and your drysuit holds tight.

I clip my cellphone there too while kitting up, usually. I once forgot the phone clipped onto the suspenders once, only to discover it when someone called me (and I got the call....) at my 6m deco stop......no, I did not answer, but my cellphone was on ring+vibrate, which was a very weird sensation......

 

[Hank49]

Put it in my buddies car, or hide it below a rock.

Once, back in 1999, I had just withdrawn all my money (a few grand, US$) from the bank in Kuantan, Malaysia, just before taking off back for the Philippines. As I was driving home past the Hyatt, to my very nice surprise, there were some 4-6 foot barrels (tubing waves) spitting right out front. Luckily I had my fins in the car and a swim suit.....sooooo, I buried the money in a sock on the beach, marked it with a tree branch and proceeded to get barreled for the next three hours. I guess my point is this....if a man can't figure out where to hide his keys or money so he can go diving (or in this case, body surfing)...he don't want to dive bad enough.

 

[MSP Rescue Diver]

If you're taking a key off the ring to take with you, be careful to take the right one if you have more than one car key. This is really, really important. You don't want to take your wife's van to the dive site, then fish the key to your pickup out of your swimsuit at the end of the dive, with all your stuff locked in the vehicle.

LOL - I did this three weeks ago. Went to get my second tank out of the van and kept stupidly looking at the key wondering why it wouldn't fit into the lock.

The upside was that when the missus came by with the right key, she saw the beach where we were diving and said she could sit there comfortably for a few hours the next time I go. So now we have someone who can hold our keys.

Normally I have a valet key for the correct vehicle I'm using and just stick it in my bathing suit pocket, or into the key pocket of my wetsuit. I learned the hard way once when I went diving with the attached remote still in my pocket that the electronics don't like salt water.

Marc

 

[louisianadiver]

That's a neat idea, using a dive light. But what if I need to use my light?

What? A diver with only one light? Seriously, of course, you need to dedicate a light for keys. Remember to stuff a 1 or 2 pound soft weight inside the light (if a regular 4 C cell light) or it'll float like crazy with keys instead of batteries. This is the kind of stuff I tried to cover in my book, The Certified Diver's Handbook. -Clay

 

[Iruka]

Hank49....a lot of times on night dives I do something similar...hide the keys in the sand. Once I came up after the dive, reached down into the sand to get my keys, and felt an odd sensation after I picked them up. Turns out that there was, coincidentally, a small crab parked directly on top of my keys. Not sure who was more surprised!

Anyhow, I usually (with ordinary keys) just clip them in my BC and rinse (or lick, if necessary) them off after the dive. (Additionally, we never lock cars on the beach...locked door=broken window when you come up. No valuables & unlocked door= usually no problem.)

 

[Hank49]

Hank49....a lot of times on night dives I do something similar...hide the keys in the sand. Once I came up after the dive, reached down into the sand to get my keys, and felt an odd sensation after I picked them up. Turns out that there was, coincidentally, a small crab parked directly on top of my keys. Not sure who was more surprised!

Anyhow, I usually (with ordinary keys) just clip them in my BC and rinse (or lick, if necessary) them off after the dive. (Additionally, we never lock cars on the beach...locked door=broken window when you come up. No valuables & unlocked door= usually no problem.)

Forunately, I don't have to worry about the car keys nowadays. I never have given much consideration as to where to leave the boat keys.....except on the boat.....I tried burying them in the sand on the bottom down under the boat but with the little foam "boat key" floater, the darn things kept popping to the surface.

 

[String]

Normally i stick it in my undersuit pocket but then again i wear a dry suit

Failing that i leave it in a waterproof bag with my mobile phone under the console seat on the boat.

 

[CUunderH2O]

If I had a second dive light... did I mention I'm not yet certified? And lacking most equipment except mask, snorkel, weight belt, boots & fins? I'm trying not to weigh myself down with extra equipment, especially since I intend to drag a camera with me every time I dive. I'll wait until AFTER I get certified to spend all my $$ on worthless gadgets. Only because I know I'll buy more than a few of those...

My real dilemma is that I don't think I can take my encoded valet key into the water, hence the ziploc question. The area we will be diving is apparently crowded and there's a festival being held there that weekend, hence I won't be hiding the key under a rock. I'm going to try 2 ziploc bags and hope for the best. Unless I find a neat little dry bag for my key