The following is a list of equipment required by all Team Underwater Explorer divers.

Due to our firm belief in the principles of NTEC, unless otherwise stated, all the items below are absolute minimum requirements in respect of open-circuit divers and as such no prospective member will be permitted to join unless he/she conforms thereto. For CCR requirements, contact us for more information.

It is preferred that all team members personally own all the equipment and that the equipment is dedicated to technical diving. One should not have to strip your sports rig the night before a tech dive.

The list may seem excessive or unaffordable, but when you’re deep on mixed gas, one needs to ask yourself, just how valuable is your life?

Personal Kit

1.Drysuit (membrane type preferred). No wetsuits!

2.Hoodie, gloves (dry gloves recommended), mask (low volume) and fins (jet fins recommended - no split fins).

3.Slate and pencil / wet notes

4.Two underwater timing devices and depth gauges

5.Emergency signalling device

6. Compass

7. No snorkel

Main Rig

1.Twin steel cylinders; 10,12 or 15 litres; manifolded with an isolation valve. They are to be

twinned with stainless steel bands and bolts. Protective nets to be removed.

2.Stainless steel back plate, 3-8 mm thick. Harness to be 50 mm continuous webbing with only stainless steel D-rings. A crotch strap with 2 stainless steel D-rings is recommended. Wing/bladder with 20-25 kg’s lift. The wing is to be smooth edged-no bungee or bondage wings.

3.Two balanced first stages-both must be DIN. On the left first stage there will be 3 hoses: an HP hose with single SPG (no boot), LP hose with back-up second stage (neck bungee attached) and a drysuit inflator hose. The right first stage will have 2 hoses: a LP wing inflator hose and a LP 2m hose with primary second stage attached.

4.A line-cutting device. A small rounded tip knife or a pair of trauma shears will do. For penetration dives, two are required.

5.Reel with 75-100m of line. For penetration dives a second or back up reel is required.

6.Two delayed surface marker buoys/lift bags. The primary one is to be orange or red and have a lift capacity of at least 23 kg’s. The second or emergency DSMB is to be yellow.Two torches. For penetration dives a minimum of 3 are required. Umbilical/canister style lights are strongly recommended. No helmet mounted torches.

Travel and Deco Gas Set up

1.Aluminium cylinder, 4-12 litres, oxygen cleaned. No steel. Cylinder to have correct mix decals. Bungies/rubber strips for securing of hoses.

2.Cylinder to be correctly rigged as a stage cylinder according to NTEC principles-no metal to metal.

3.The regulator system will consist of an oxygen cleaned first stage (DIN), primary second stage and a SPG on a short hose.