Comments on: Used Scuba Diving Equipment – Can Anyone Please List the Equipment You Need for Scuba Diving?

By: Muddiver

Muddiver — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:07:15 +0000

The basic stuff you need is:
1. Certification (so you can get a tank of air).
2. A mask
3. Swim fins (SCUBA type with open heal).
4. Neoprene booties to wear inside swim fins
5. Wet Suit (70 degrees F to 50 F), Dry Suit (50 F to 30 F) or Swim Suit (tropical 70 F +) depending on the water temperature.
6. Water proof timer or dive watch.

Some locations will require you to also have:
1. Snorkel
2. Dive flag (on a float).
3. Signal device.

You can buy or rent:
1. Regulator with air pressure gage and safety second regulator.
2. Buoyancy compensation device (vest, also holds tank).
3. Air tank (also called a cylinder).
4. Weights and weight belt.
5. Depth gauge.

Nice extras to get:
1. Gloves.
2. Dive light.
3. Gear bag with rollers that will hold all you stuff.
4. Knife (I use a folding knife made of stainless steel), or scissors, for cutting stuff underwater.

By: dwobbit

dwobbit — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:44:20 +0000

You need (your own equipment):
1) mask
2) fins
3) snorkle
4) boots
5) weightbelt (if not using a weight integrated BC)
6) weights (sometimes supplied by dive operators)
7) emergency signalling device (visual &/or audio)

Items needed but can usually be rented:
1) Wetsuit (depending on water temp)
2) Buonancy Compensator (BC)
3) Regulator
4) Secondary Regulator (also called an octopus)
5) Depth Guage/Air Guage(also called an SPG)/Timing Device or a Dive computer with these functions.
6) Air Cylinder (tank)

Optional items depending on circumstances:
1) Dive Light
2) Gloves
3) Hood
4) Dive Flag
5) Compass
6) Dive tool (knife)

By: aloedistributor.com

aloedistributor.com — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:43:27 +0000

Wish I knew what country you are looking for a diving site in.
You will need a wet suit, if the water is cold, a good mask, snorkel, air tank, lead that goes from the tank to your mouth, cant remember what that is called, I think it is an equalizer. That will also have a depth gage and a content gage, to let you know how much air you have in your tank. Weight belt with weights. Gloves. A good knife. Booties. Fins.
If you have not dived before make sure you have a full health check up by a diving doctor only. If you have asthma you wont be diving. Have a good day.

By: Lani S

Lani S — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:39:34 +0000

Wet suit
Vest
Boots
Flippers
Gloves (optional)
Mask and snorkel
Wrist Dive computer (optional)
The ff. you can rent in a dive shop:
Weights/belt
Air bottle or tank
Pressure gauge
Hope haven’t forgotten something.

By: mvallpro961

mvallpro961 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:49:32 +0000

a wetsuit, flippers, air tank with air pressure monitor and goggles.

By: moptop

moptop — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:55:37 +0000

A trip to the scuba store