Where to put all your extra stuff

[RainPilot]

All my breakables go into a Pelican dry box, I have a couple in various sizes and colors for all the bits and pieces. These just go into the bag willy-nilly. Small items that might get lost I drop into one of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...8_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=H4HBSJ9Z1AQZDARH0XGZ
clipped to the outside of my bag.

 

[lerpy]

You will find as you acquire more gear you will be carrying way more bins. I find milk crates are great, modified with some heavy string to hang reels etc on. Line cutters and SMB's are on my harness and never come off.

 

[Diving Dubai]

I dive boats where space is at a premium

Everything (dive wise) goes into a mesh bag. Smallish items not clipped to my harness go into my reg bags, once geared they sit in pockets on my gear.

Small save a dive stuff goes into small plastic container in a dry bag (O Rings dive tool). My computer has a small box too.

If the boat is big enough I'll take my pelican box with my big save a dive kit.

I have a number of options and I pack to suit the type of diving (small boat big boat)

 

[Killerflyingbugs]

In the cab of my truck on stashed in a bag on my boat. I dive from shore or my boat almost exclusively.

 

[Jackie Treehorn]

I dive off boats from carribean dive ops. Shore diving on our own might change this up. But I carry very little as I get on the boat.

I usually walk on the boat wearing exposure suit (sharkskin top/bottom) and BC with fins in the double tank straps. Mask is clipped onto a D ring and Reg setup is attached as well (first stage sits nicely at the top of my first tank strap.

In my hand is a single small pelican case. Holding sunglasses, money, C Cards/ID, sunscreen, ear drops, defog. Replying to your list below:

• Dive knive/cutter - This is attached on my shoulder webbing of BC (Zeagle Stiletto). I use one of those EEZYCUT velcro/cordura line cutters from DAN.
• safety sausage - In my BC pocket with a finger spool
• save a dive kit - do not carry on boat dives - I keep in hotel room or vehicle
• flashlight - mounted on BC via Bolt Snap and bungeed to bottom of BC so it doesnt dangle
• extra D rings - don't carry on boat dives (including o rings)
• Dive tool - don't carry - keep in hotel room or vehicle
• Dive planner - If its that complicated I'll bring a slate to write down depths, minutes, etc. Otherwise nothing.
• Compass - integrated into console computer

You missed whistle. I use one of the flat ones that slides nicley into my BC webbing. Cave lined to the flap on my knife in case it falls out... but not requring it to be cut off from BC to use (I just open my velcro from my knife).

 

[Captain Swoop]

Fishing tackle luggage pouches are a good bet.
All kinds of sizes, don't mind being wet and handy subdividers.
They will fit in your 'big bag' and keep everything tidy and protected.
For example,

Trakker NXG Bitz Pouch

Gardner Lead-Accessories Pouch

It's a damned site cheaper than diving gear and just as well made.

 

[icechip]

Most stuff already on the harness/webbing/rig, so really only a mesh LL Bean bag for the other stuff. For shore dives, the save a dive and med kits stay in the car, on boat dives they come aboard with me.

 

[rongoodman]

Either on my harness or in the cabin on the live aboard.

 

[mainedvr]

Ditto. Drawstring mesh bag(s).

I use the mess bags too, repurposed from gear I have bough like gloves or whatever. They make decent scallop bags or collecting bags (shells or whatever) too if they are small enough.

I just bought a roller bag and it holds a decent amount of gear and has pockets and what not, but not something I would take on a charter unless I knew there was plenty of room.

 

[diverrex]

As much as practical small stuff I use on ever dive, like a knife stays on my BC. I use a plastic mask case for all of the small save a dive stuff. I also use a couple other small plastic cases for other misc. stuff. I dive on big boats (SoCal) where a roller bag is typical stored on the boat sides or bow. I use a small weight bag with some immediate essentials like mask defog and a few other items that is stored right under the dive bench.