Open Water Course – Checking Your Scuba Equipment

Open Water Course – Checking your scuba equipment

check tank,Turn it on-off, O-ring is still in place
put on BCD (bouncy control device)
connect Regulator to tank
turn on tank, check how much air you have – 150 bar
breath from your second stage and octopus
inflate and deflate BCD – orally inflate and deflate your BCD
smell the air from your tank – If it smells bad, we change tanks.

In recreational diving we rely on each other. We check each other scuba equipment to see if all is ok. This is call a buddy check or B.W.R.A.F.
B – Bouncy control devise. Inflate and deflate your BCD by air from your tank and with your own breath.
W – Weights. If these are forgotten you are not going diving. You are to buoyant and will never sink with out them!
R – Releases. You have 3 on your BCD, 1 on your tank.
A – Air. Check regulator and octopus and breath from then while looking at your pressure gauge. This shows you if your tank is turned on correctly.
F – Fins and mask. Finally ok sign.
Scuba Diving is fun as i have said before, BUT safety comes first. Even before we get in to the water we check each others equipment.

There is another way to remember B.W.R.A.F