After a dive I store my BCD,glove and any thing else wet in big builders bucket in the car for the journey home .which has Multiple uses. After cleaning my dive gear I just hang my dive gear and let it drip into these buckets great when you can’t dry out side .
The first steps into the water forward, then backwards after a certain depth. I can't describe it, but you get a feeling for it. Walking backwards is much safer. And I prefer to fall backwards rather than forwards. Don't put the fins on until you're already drifting freely with the BCD inflated. The wet equipment in the car, we take these round, foldable leaf bags. This has proven to be really good :)
Here in Arizona most diving is rocky shore diving we carry out bailout tanks and scooters down to the water before we kit up so we save our backs a bit
One tip, put mask on, regulator in and then put on fins - most dives in New England are on rocky shores and I’ve seen a lot of people trying to put on fins in surge without mask on and regulator in, makes it much easier with surge, that you can’t avoid.
After a dive I store my BCD,glove and any thing else wet in big builders bucket in the car for the journey home .which has Multiple uses. After cleaning my dive gear I just hang my dive gear and let it drip into these buckets great when you can’t dry out side .
The first steps into the water forward, then backwards after a certain depth. I can't describe it, but you get a feeling for it. Walking backwards is much safer. And I prefer to fall backwards rather than forwards. Don't put the fins on until you're already drifting freely with the BCD inflated.
The wet equipment in the car, we take these round, foldable leaf bags. This has proven to be really good :)
I know from a failed dive in Monterey CA the tide and current can change with in 20 minutes. It's worth watching the tide tables
Here in Arizona most diving is rocky shore diving we carry out bailout tanks and scooters down to the water before we kit up so we save our backs a bit
One tip, put mask on, regulator in and then put on fins - most dives in New England are on rocky shores and I’ve seen a lot of people trying to put on fins in surge without mask on and regulator in, makes it much easier with surge, that you can’t avoid.
Keep your dv in or very near, so if/when you fall over something, you can still breathe while you figure out which way is up!
Awesome information!
Was it only me that got a bit annoyed with the camera position of this video?