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

1. Burgers With Relish And Fries
2. Bangkok Women Rarely Are Female

There are lots are these little reminders. So you will never forget doing your Buddy check.