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Twenty dives in five days. Pack accordingly.
A liveaboard is repetitive-diving physics plus laundry-line logistics. Nitrogen management, charging management, and drying management — the boat handles tanks and food; your kit handles everything else.
Priorities, in order
- 01
Nitrox certification + computer that displays it well
Four dives a day is exactly what EANx is for. Analyze and label every fill.
- 02
Battery strategy
Rechargeable computers, lights, and cameras all want the same four outlets. Solar or coin-cell gear simplifies the negotiation.
- 03
Quick-dry everything
Nothing fully dries at sea. Suits and rash guards that go from rinse to wearable overnight win the week.
- 04
Save-a-dive kit, doubled
The nearest dive shop is a day’s sailing away. Your o-ring pouch is the dive shop.
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Best Dive Computers →
Wrist, console, and watch-style computers — screen tech, algorithms, air integration, and which conservatism settings actually matter.
Best Care & Service →
Rinse, dry, store, service on schedule. The boring parts are the reason gear keeps working at 30 metres.
Best Accessories & Save-a-Dive →
SMBs, reels, slates, knives-as-line-cutters, clips, and the o-ring kit that turns a blown dive back into a dive.
Best Wetsuits & Exposure →
Millimetres against temperature bands — 3/5/7 mm, hoods, gloves, boots, and when the drysuit conversation starts.
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