Boats supply tanks. Visitors bring conservative rec kit, a SMB, and, on wreck days, a light and a cutter. Lycra or a thin suit handles sun and hydroids.
A GoPro tray is the item that most often replaces a reel in a bad Thistlegorm plan.
Core kit
- SMB and reel — Drifts and wreck shotlines.
- Computer — Wrecks and walls jump depth.
- Light — Holds and night jetties.
- Cutter — Wreck line and net.
- Lycra or thin wetsuit — Sun and hydroids.
- Card and log — Liveaboards check them.
Optional
- Nitrox — Common on a wreck-plus-wall week.
- Reef hook — Only if the local brief uses one; not a Palau default everywhere.
- Pointer — Sand and wreck metal, not coral.
- Spare mask — Dry wind and salt.
Care
- Rinse rust after wrecks — Thistlegorm eats zippers.
- Service lights — The failure is in the hold.
- No souvenirs — Park and grave law.
- Dry O-rings in desert air — They crack.
Budget bands
- Dahab jetty week — Cheap berth, own mask.
- Sharm / Hurghada day boats — The ticket is the cost.
- Liveaboard Brothers / wrecks — Berth, not more cameras.
- Skip — A penetration reel as a first-day buy.
Spend on the boat that will skip a blown Tiran day. The jetty is already a sea.