Weekend scuba diving in a resort is very convenient these days.
You can walk into a resort and have them take care of everything.
But what about live-aboard dive trips? Live-aboard is a special type of trip where divers live on a boat for several days to dive.
This is typically used for distant dive sites that needs several hours or days to reach.
An example will be the Tubbataha diving in the middle of Sulu Sea that take 12 hours to reach.
It is also used for dive safaris so several dive sites can be targeted in one dive trip.
There are a number of boats that caters to dive safaris around the Visayas.
In such cases, wouldn't you make sure you have everything with you? Here is a very comprehensive packing checklist for a live aboard dive trip.
1.
Dive Equipments

•  Buoyancy Compensator Device 
•  Regulator + gauges
•  Spare mouth piece
•  Dive Computer
•  Mask + spare mask
•  Wetsuit
•  Booties
•  Fins
•  Gloves
•  Hood
•  Camera + battery + charger + SD cards
•  Underwater casing + silicon + desiccant
•  Light + backup light + extra batteries
•  Knife
•  Compass
•  Balloon
•  Logbook
•  Scuba Certification Card
•  Tank banger or whistle
•  Slate
•  Reef hook
•  Dry bag

2.
Non Diving Stuff

•  Rash guards
•  Swimwear
•  Shorts
•  Jacket/windbreaker
•  T-Shirts
•  Hair tie
•  Undies
•  Flip-flops
•  Sunglasses
•  Sun screen
•  Toiletries
•  Books
•  Insect repellant
•  Money
•  Secret food stash

3.
Electronics

•  Cameras (not for underwater)
•  tripod or monopod
•  Macbook or laptop
•  iPod touch
•  Batteries
•  Chargers
•  SD cards

4.
Medications

•  Vitamin C
•  Meclizine HCl (anti-vertigo)
•  Paracetamol (analgesic)
•  Phenylephrine HCl (decongestants)
•  Ibuprofen (headache)
•  Mefenamic acid (pain killer)

5.
Travel documents

• Passport (if overseas trip)
• Plane tickets
• Travel insurance
• Diving insurance