Save-a-dive kits

[anniemcd]

My husband and I are going on a Bahamas liveaboard in May and, as newbies, are wondering what to stock in our save-a-dive kit.

Any must-haves and suggestions?

Annie

 

[triton94949]

These are nice things to have:

A scuba tool
Spare O-rings
Spare HP and LP port plugs for your 1st stage
Spare mouthpiece for your 2nd stage
Fin straps
Mask straps
Nylon ties
Large toenail clippers (to cut nylon ties)
Extra snorkel keeper (for your snorkel or your defogger bottle)
Compact sewing kit (these fold up to the size of a credit card)
Small tube of neosporin antiseptic
Small roll of white athletic tape
An O2 anaylzer (if youre diving nitrox)

 

[diversteve]

These are nice things to have:

A scuba tool
Spare O-rings
Spare HP and LP port plugs for your 1st stage
Spare mouthpiece for your 2nd stage
Fin straps
Mask straps
Nylon ties
Large toenail clippers (to cut nylon ties)
Extra snorkel keeper (for your snorkel or your defogger bottle)
Compact sewing kit (these fold up to the size of a credit card)
Small tube of neosporin antiseptic
An O2 anaylzer (if you're diving nitrox)

Excellent list.

I also carry an extra finstrap buckle. I broke one on a dive and my fin flopped around the whole time. Luckily it was the last dive of the trip.

Cyalume lightsticks
Second mask
Extra batteries for electronics
Velcro
Cheap sunglasses - I buy them at the dollar store so if they go overboard I just wave.
Get the right size nylon ties for your regulator mouthpiece and inflator hose. I've helped people repair theirs more than once.

 

[mike_s]

In addition to the great list of items above, I'd add some of these.

regular cloth heavy duty band aids (lots of diving on liveaboards rubs blisters).
Liquid band-aid (for the same listed above)
Duct tape - unroll a few feet and wrap around a magic marker to save
space. great for blisters or gear repair.
extra batteries for dive comptuers (covered above in batteries for electronics).
chap-stick (for your lips. sun, salt, and wet will kill them.)

 

[Bob3]

Good choices, plus... Bring Extras for the folks that forgot to bring theirs, keep the price tags on them (or print new ones with a modest % markup).
A couple of inexpensive U/W lights for night dives, like the $25 xenon 4-AA lights that can be used as tips for the boat crew when ya leave.
Some decongestant may be a good choice, but watch out 'cuz some over the counter meds in the US may be prescription in other places, like Sudafed is in MX.

 

[mike_s]

You said Bahamas liveaboard. If this is BlackBeards, take ear plugs also.

Not really Save-a-Dive, but sleeping related. you sleep in a bunk, not a cabin, and if others snore, ear plugs are a very nice thing to have.

 

[DS tank wipe]

Not really a save a dive kit either however heavy duty clothes pins are a good idea the cheap ones u can get on the boat suck! I saw more than 1 wetsuit fly overboard.

Alex

 

[ReefGuy]

1 medium samsonite suitcase, to carry your save-a-dive kit in.

 

[JustDiveIt]

Here's one more thing to add to the list. A spare light bulb for your UW light.

Respectfully,

JustDiveIt

 

[miketsp]

Rubber disk - precut for repairing leaky BC dump valves.
Small pot or tube of silicone grease - for orings on divelights, camera housings etc.
Extra pencils for dive slates, I lose quite a few because I don't like tying them to the slate, just one more thing to tangle.