First 5 Pieces Of Dive Gear For New Divers To Buy

Hey James. Thanks for the shout-out. Great video as usual. I'm sure my first gear was mask snorkel and fins. I recall my first computer was an Aladdin Pro. I think I've still got one somewhere.

lol... im a skydiver , and laughed when you said do you want the cheapest parachute .... my first one was pretty cheap ...lol....

Just got certified a week ago and ready to start really learning and honing my underwater skills. Our instructor at Blue Meridian in Owensboro, KY had us purchase mask, snorkel, fins and boots as beginner gear. We used company rented BCD, tanks, reg and wetsuit. Thanks for this list. What you said makes a lot of sense! Happy diving

You hooked me at “what do the buttons do?” And I subscribed at 7:47 😂

James…thank you for this video, thanks to it my life was changed. I’m now certifies and having a lot of fun diving here in FL. Please don’t stop putting up amazing videos you are appreciated!

I wanted to say thank you for your time and energy that you put into posting these videos. They are so informative and entertaining to watch. Also short enough to hold my attention 😀. I have recently become an open water diver since February and am immediately hooked. I’m learning so much from watching your videos and others like them. I love the straight talk spoken from your experiences and passion for diving. I look forward to Mouth Piece Mondays and all the other various videos that you share with us. I hope to some day run into you on a dive in Florida or anywhere in the world for that matter, keep up the great work James👌.

Great to rewatch this again now that I’ve decided to get back into diving after 31 years. My first gear I bought in 1986 was a Dacor Pacer XL regulator, 2nd stage and October with gauge package. Very rugged and always worked. I eventually had all Dacor diving gear and it works.

I don't have a lot of my own gear yet, but buying my own gear I do have and learning to use it dramatically increased my dive enjoyment. 😊 Not only is it physically more comfortable, but knowing my own gear just made me a more confident diver. 1: Mask, boots, fins, snorkle (I got boots because small fins were too small and medium fins were too big so my medium fins with my boots were absolutely perfect!) 2: bcd (once you go intigrated weights you cant go back to weight belts) 3. Dive Computer All my dives (I'm still a newbie, I have about 70 dives), are in the Caribbean and I never wear a wetsuit anymore. Usually bathing suit, 3/4 rash guard shirt and maybe gym leggings or rash guard pants or board shorts. 😊 P.s. Love your channel! I sadly haven't been diving since 2020 and your channel is making me realize I miss it!

You are my first scuba instructor that I genuinely think is awesome ❤️😂 You’re funny 😁

Hi James I totally agree with you! All your videos are awesome, especially those for newly certified divers. I’d like to add 1 comment, I almost quit diving about dive 50. I had some poor advice and bought several wrong masks (spent entire dives clearing my mask not diving), rental fins were always either too big or too small (that hole chafed in your toe is no fun in current), wet suits never ever fit right, I always had a death bite on my old spaghetti mouth piece and stiff hose! Stop renting the 2nd you can afford your own gear!!!! Keep up the great work!

Great list! I’m a retired instructor myself. During my active teaching days, the first piece of gear I recommended new divers buy was a wetsuit. Comfort leads to a good dive.

Thanks for the tips! I'm a brand new diver (just certified yesterday).

As a Captain in the Florida Keys—I wanted to offer more on my boat, hence my interest in Diving. Have not completed the course yet, yet I found your inspiring video so you will help me keep on course! Thank you!

I recently got into diving and love it! I didn’t think I would be able to dive because I am a bigger guy but my friends got me to the right ppl and the right place. I play rugby and coach a south Florida high school! Definitely have another subscriber here. Thank you for the video.

Thank you James! This is a very high-quality video it is helping my girlfriend and myself become more knowledgeable, for we are buying our scuba gear this week or next wee!!!

Thanks for the wetsuit shout out! Been looking for a cut appropriate for rugby player size me.

Love your channel- tons of fantastic info. First gear was 1. Mask - the rental mask I used in training leaked like a sieve. 2. Fins - rental fins gave me terrible blisters and put a damper on future dives. 3. Snorkel- learned in advance training dives that most people don’t use them

First piece after required kit from school (mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit) was a BCD. Second was a Peregrine dive computer, third was an Edge-Gear HOG Zenith D3 regulator which I love even after trying out a friend’s Aqualung Leg3nd.

Awesome channel.. my gears in order or purchase are 1) Mask - because the rental fleet never fit me 2) Snorkel - not necessary for diving, but i do a fair bit of snorkeling, more than diving 3) Rash guard & dive pants - easy to get into, yes i know what divers to in the rental wetsuits.. hahaha 4) Dive computer - i want to know my depth and NDL 5) DSMB - got this purely after watching this channel, make sense... why would i want to get run over by a boat or lost at sea

Just got certified for open water, and found your video. Well done! Very informative.