Have you ever planned to go
for a dive, prepared your stuff maybe even a day before, you were really excited
and looking forward for this great adventure, passed down to your local dive center to
fill the air for your tanks. It may even have taken you an hour drive to get to
your dive spot. On having arrived at your dive location, you don up all your
scuba gear. You are all ready to go
and all of a sudden when you are about to enter the water you realized that
you mask or fin strap is torn.
You then realize you do not have an extra
strap at hand to replace this simple scuba part. The worst part is being
left dry on land whilst your buddies continue with their dive adventure and
the only thing you can do is dream of the great experience you just have
missed out on.
I should know I have experienced this
exact scenario. There is nothing quite so frustrating as
having an entire day's diving ruined because you do not have the necessary
scuba part to replace on your defective gear.
By thinking ahead and assembling a parts kit you can easily avoid the possibility of missing a dive simply by
carrying with you. A scuba diving parts kit is a simple collection of various scuba
replacement parts which are ideally stored in a plastic container in your
scuba gear bag.
There are many various items you can
place in your scuba parts kit. However here we will highlight the most
essential and prone to replacement: