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Safety

Divers First equipment

Top Quality  

Safety  Equipment

As safety is of paramount importance to us, we provide safe top quality equipment to our customers for their dive experience. Therefore, our equipment will never be tattered faded or unserviceable. Moreover, we offer top quality brands such as Apex, Shearwater, X Deep, Scuba pro and Cressi whether you are new to diving or a seasoned professional.

The standard open water equipment package contains Apex and Scuba pro gear for our discerning customers.

Diving emergency oxygen delivery unit

At DIVERS FIRST, we practise what we preach and invest in up-to-date oxygen delivery systems and related First response items. Naturally, we aim not to need these products with our first rate safety guidelines but we are always prepared.

So, here at DIVERS FIRST, we have provision of DAN Oxygen Unit with MTV. Thanks to the Manually Triggered Ventilator (instead of the standard Demand Valve), this DAN Oxygen Unit makes it also possible to resuscitate a non-breathing diver with 100% oxygen.

Divers First Response equipment

Our First Aid provisions are regularly inspected to ensure every item is within date and fit for purpose in the unlikely event it is needed.

At DIVERS FIRST, SAFETY comes FIRST.

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Eight Simple COVID-19 Risk Reduction Steps for Divers

COVID-19 primarily spreads by inhaling small droplets ex­haled by an infected person (respiratory transmission), and by touching the eyes, nose and/or mouth after touch­ing something an infected person touched or sneezed / coughed on (contact transmission). By staying aware of both, risk-reduction is usually straightforward.
Keeping things simple usually works well.

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Don't go diving if you have or may have (symptoms), or have been exposed to any infectious disease. Isolate until healthy and clear accord­ing to medical advice.
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Support the space program.

On the surface and out of the water, apply social distancing and give each other the local minimum required separation.

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Keep your dirty mitts off!

Sanitize / wash your hands before and after touching  any dive gear (including your own), even if touching was in/underwater. Don’t touch someone else’s gear unless absolutely necessary. It’s not clear that im­mersion reduces COVID-19 contact risk, so assume that it doesn’t. Note: Rec­ommended hand sanitizers are 60°/o+ alcohol and highly flammable. Do not use hand sanitizer near oxygen nor a fire source. Be sure hands are fully dried before using either.

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Don't clam up: Medical mask etiquette.

My mask helps protect you. Your mask helps protect me. Let’s follow local protocols and not be shellfish.

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COVID-19 hates scuba.

Your mask reduces eyes and nose contact-risk, and  keeping it on is the best habit whenever you’re in the water anyway. Breathing from a regulator reduces your respiration transmission risk.

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Be a lean, clean, sanitary machine.

 Use defog. Disinfect masks, snorkels, regulators and BCDs before another person uses them, and before storing them. Don’t sling the … stuff … out of your mask after a dive. Rinse it some­ where appropriately. Avoid spitting  /blowing nose etc. into the water where others will be / are. Use tissues and discard them appropriately. Wash / sanitize your hands after touching high contact surfaces like railings, door pulls, etc.

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Sharing air is bad.

 At the surface. Diving, dive gear and wind affect the direction and distance our exhalations travel. Stay aware and avoid being on, and having someone on, the ”receiving end” when clearing snorkels, breathing hard after freediving, etc. Regulator-breathing helps protect you, but your ex­halations might affect someone who’s too close and not using a regulator.

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But sharing air might be really important underwater.

So, don’t test breathe  your alternate second stage. Test purge it during checks, but leave it disin­fected in case someone needs it. Or, test breathe it, then redisinfect it.

10 tips for

Diving Safety

Make scuba diving a safety activity by getting certified to dive and observe the following safe diving safe practices:

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Plan your dive & dive the plan
Planning your dive and sticking to the plan is vital for your own safety.
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Always perform a safety stop on every dive

Performing a safety stop at 5-6 meters (16-20 feet) is safe practice.

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Never hold your breath

Holding your breath is possibly one of the most dangerous things to do when scuba diving.

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Ascend slowly & safely

Following the smallest bubbles to the surface will keep you safe on your ascent.

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Always dive with a buddy
Never dive alone. Always dive using the buddy system.
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Know your limits & dive within your limitations
Be safe and dive within your limits.
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Check your contents gauge regularly
Running out of air is one of the top reasons for diver incidents.
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Always dive with an alternative air source
Be safe and have a backup air supply.
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Always perform buddy checks before you dive
Use the ABC buddy check system before you dive.
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Only dive if you're fit to dive
Divers being unfit to dive is top of the list for diving incidents.