Use your own judgement to determine if this is a complete list for you!
Make sure all your gear is in top functioning condition prior to each dive trip.
1. Dive Log and pen
2. Scuba Certification card(s)
3. Proof of 2nd Covid-19 vaccination
4. Cell phone, wallet, credit card, money
5. Directions to the dive site and accommodations
6. Mask, fins, snorkel
7. Mask defogger — such as baby shampoo — absolutely no spitting in your mask due to Covid-19
8. Wetsuit, boots, gloves, hood (some people wear socks inside their wetsuit boots to avoid blisters)
9. Tanks (filled)
10. Regulator with octopus and pressure gauge
11. Weights, weight belt or BCD weight pockets
12. BCD
13. Dive computer (essential)
14. Dive tables
15. Dive knife
16. Whistle
17. Underwater slate with underwater pen
18. Compass
19. Other gauges as needed (such as depth gauge, watch, etc.)
20. Safety sausage
21. Dive light (charged or with batteries )
22. Tank marker light/cylumes (not the chemical ones)
23. Tools, save-a-dive kit, spare O-rings, spare snorkel-keeper, etc.
24. Fish identification book
25. First aid kit
26. Hat, sun glasses, sun covering (Note: chemical sunblock lotions and sprays are very bad for the aquatic environment and we strongly suggest you use other methods for sun covering such as clothing)
27. Drinking water
28. Towel
29. Optional: camera, medications, fill in anything else you need _____________________
30. Gear bag to hold it all
31. Make sure you have filled in the annual OUC Communicable Disease Liability Release and Risk Agreement for the current year. (Note: This is required by the Ontario Underwater Council for Club insurance before you go diving. You cannot accompany Blue North on a dive unless we see that you have filled this out.)
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