Your Personal Diving Equipment

WARNING: Taking up Scuba Diving can have a serious impact on your wallet!

This site explains what equipment you need and gives you some good advice

As a minimum, you will need;

Mask/snorkel

Fins (never to be called Flippers - you have been warned!!)

Boots

Wetsuit

Weights/weight belt

Buoyancy Compensation Device (BCD) (also known as a STAB jacket)

Octopus (air hoses to connect your tank to your equipment)

Air tank

To buy new, good quality set of above could cost you over £1,000.

Talk to a club member to understand what they have, where/when they got it, how much they paid for it etc.

You can check on on-line auction sites such as eBay, however it would be mandatory that any second hand equipment purchased should be serviced before you would use it, as you have no idea how well/carefully it has been maintained/used.

Local suppliers (we are not endorsing any of these) include;