How to Fly with Scuba Equipment

With today's state of air travel and airport security,the altitude and/or pressure changes during a flight, the
scuba divers often have to decide how to travel withdive computer thought that it was going on an actual
all their dive gear.  For those scuba divers who plandive.  It started beeping because it didn't like the
to rent all their equipment at their destination, this isn'tstatistics it was sensing which was a bit annoying on
an issue.  However, the trend in diving has alwaysboard.  After the flight, my dive computer actually
been that as divers become more experienced withlocked out for 24 hours.  It was a good thing that I
more dives logged after initial open water certifications,didn't dive until the next day. So from now on, I always
they tend to want to use their own equipment ratherpack my scuba dive computer in a box which
than rent.  This is especially true with masks,prevents accidental activation and then the box goes
regulators, wetsuits and dive computers.  Avid scubainto my carry on baggage.  I also carry on my mask
divers will often travel with their entire gear includingas well as my log book and certification cards.  I
fins and buoyancy compensators.  Of coursewouldn't want to be refused for diving by a dive
because of weight issues, scuba divers rarely traveloperator in case my checked baggage was lost so it
with tanks or weights.is highly recommended to carry your log book and
I have an air integrated Oceanic scuba dive computercertification card with you.
that I wouldn't want lost or delayed in checked luggageEverything else like my wetsuit, booties, fins, snorkel
during my dive trips so I always carry it on with me onand buoyancy compensator goes into my checked
airplanes. I have never had any problems going throughbaggage.  If my checked baggage is lost, stolen or
airport security. Sure, they might check my stuffdelayed, I can always rent the extra equipment I need
because scuba dive gear looks pretty foreign to mostwithout losing any dives.  Some folks believe that one
airport security staff but that's okay as my scuba diveshould not check in any large scuba dive bags with the
computer always got through. The only thing I have todive flag displayed as it may advertise luggage
be careful of is how I pack it.  On a few occasions, Icontaining expensive dive gear.  In this case, one can
had put the computer in a soft bag that also containedalways pack a flexible scuba dive bag inside a larger
my regulator, another piece of my own scubaregular suitcase.  So a good rule of thumb to use is to
equipment that I would prefer to use rather than dealalways carry on the scuba dive equipment that you
with a rental.  During travel, one of the buttons on thecan't afford to lose or be without for your diving and
dive computer must have gotten accidentallycheck the rest.
depressed which activated the device.  Because of