What's the weirdest/most unexpected thing in your dive bag?

[travelingfenley]

I often dive with these crazy older divers, and my mind is blown how they're still alive. They're always interesting though, and I've learned a trick or two that I wouldn't have thought of in a classroom. Like keeping zip ties in my dive bag, or vinegar and alcohol if you're worried about bacteria in your ears.

So I'm curious what other oddities have found their way into your dive bag?

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Popoids. My fiance uses them to mark interesting finds so she can show me after she photographs them. She attaches a one pound weight and float to the toys.

 

[raftingtigger]

My folding cane. It goes in my thigh pocket and comes out on the slippery boat launch at Pt. Lobos or if I end up on my knees in the sand.

 

[TONY CHANEY]

10cc syringe to flush out pee valve with distilled vinegar

 

[TONY CHANEY]

My instructor had the play plastic keys for children to show the effects of how colors change as light decreases.

 

[diversteve]

I don't yet but next trip my buddy and I will have a pair of these:
H2Odyssey | Your Aquatic Adventure Outfitter

I'm curious to see the TSA's reaction...lol

 

[Brandon]

I keep a bottle of Scotch in my save a dive kit. Just in case.

 

[BoltSnap]

My folding cane. It goes in my thigh pocket and comes out on the slippery boat launch at Pt. Lobos or if I end up on my knees in the sand.

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Can it take the weight of full gear and your body weight when you try to stand up? because of the nature of the shore diving I do in Libya, I often end up on my knees at the exit point in sand and it is a struggle to stand up with all of the weight on my back and the soft sand. If this works, I think that it will be great tool.

Also, is it something you can buy from the market easily or is it something you made for yourself?

 

[Hickdive]

Can it take the weight of full gear and your body weight when you try to stand up? because of the nature of the shore diving I do in Libya, I often end up on my knees at the exit point in sand and it is a struggle to stand up with all of the weight on my back and the soft sand. If this works, I think that it will be great tool.

Also, is it something you can buy from the market easily or is it something you made for yourself?

For entry/exit over slippery rocks I get a broken golf umbrella (there's usually some sticking out of bins after a storm) and strip off the umbrella bits just leaving a pointy stick with a handle. I jam it into the shore at my entry point and recover it on exit. If someone steals it whilst I'm underwater than it's no great loss.

 

[uncfnp]

Double chocolate brownies or fresh baked chocolate chip cookies to share with the dive boat crew and fellow divers.