Must-have accessories for first boat dive

[RJP]

Being your first boat trip, you might not know to bring one of these...

Note: dive boat crews work for tips.

:d

 

[Lorenzoid]

Note: dive boat crews work for tips.

:d

In Key Largo, yes. Not everywhere in the world, of course.

 

[Akimbo]

Thanks for the link - it's a good refresher…

I hope you had a chance to look at the whole thread. There are quite a number of great posts with practical and safety comments that the first post missed.

 

[diver 85]

Yea----make sure you carry that Go-Pro over these items..

"Safety Sausage?
Whistle or noise maker?
knife?
Oh---& throw in that compass--too"..........

 

[MRadke]

Dramamine, no sense turning green and chumming for fish on your first trip.

 

[diver 85]

In Key Largo, yes. Not everywhere in the world, of course.

Where is that place(s)?.....I want to dive there...

 

[Lorenzoid]

Where is that place(s)?.....I want to dive there...

Well, as a newly minted diver, my first boat dive was in Australia. I found the crew did not expect to be tipped.

 

[Altamira]

You might consider adding a small save-a-dive kit, which in your case may be as simple as an extra fin strap and an extra mask strap (but probably not needed if your equipment is new). Also, recommend you consider taking bonine or similar motion sickness pills about an hour before getting on the dive boat. If you wait until you feel sick, taking the pills is not going to help you much.

 

[Phantom Menace]

Well, as a newly minted diver, my first boat dive was in Australia. I found the crew did not expect to be tipped.

Tipping is not common practice in New Zealand or Australia.

 

[dmoore19]

I would bring with me.........a rested mind and body.