Here's a useful trip checklist for divers exploring
Great Lakes shipwrecks. Our Dive Team members use it to
guide their packing when traveling with us.
- If diving in Canada: Current passport
- Full exposure suit for water temperatures of
45-55F (7mm wetsuit or drysuit with undergarments)
- Cold-water hood, gloves, & booties
- Mask
- Snorkel
- Fins
- Buoyancy compensator with power inflator
- Regulator set with primary and alternate air
source
- Instruments: depth gauge, submersible pressure
gauge, compass, watch or timer or computer
- Weight belt & weights (or weights plus
weight-integrated BC weight pouches) **Note:
Weights are NOT usually provided by Great Lakes dive
boats**
- Full cylinders for the number of dives you'll be
doing on each boat trip (usually 2, maybe 4) **Note: Tanks
are NOT usually provided by Great Lakes dive boats**
- If shore diving: dive flag and float
- If night diving: primary and backup underwater
lights, plus marker light or cyalume stick
- Whistle, dive alert, or other surface noisemaker
- Dive knife or cutting device
- Collapsible gear bag to keep equipment neat & compact
on the dive boat (mesh preferred)
- Up-to-date logbook
- Certification card(s) - including Nitrox
certification
- Dive tables and/or dive computer
- DAN Insurance information & member number
- Emergency contact numbers & medical alert
information
- Dive computer
- Pony bottle set-up (or redundant regulator on
H-valve, or manifolded dual cylinders)
- Mask defog
- Sunscreen, hat, & sunglasses with retainer cord
- Personal scuba snacks & beverages
- Seasickness medication, if needed
- Wind and waterproof jacket, plus warm sweatshirt
- Underwater slate & pencil
- Save-a-dive kit (diver's tool, spare parts,
o-rings, mask & fin straps, snorkel keeper, silicone
grease, etc.) **Note: These items are NOT
usually available on Great Lakes dive boats**
- Visual and audible surface signaling devices (sea sausage, mirror,
strobe, Dive Alert)
- Clips for attaching all your gear to your BC
- Shipwreck guide books
- Dry bag or box to bring on the boat to keep your
towel & wallet dry
- Personal items (towel, swimsuit, medications,
spending
money...)
- Comfortable, casual clothes
- Underwater camera and/or land camera
- Extra film & batteries
- Nothing to upset Customs officials, if traveling
into Canada
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