Taking care of your underwater photography equipment.

Published June 28, 2009 |

Straight after your dive wash everything in cold fresh water.
Leave the camera equipment in a bucket of fresh water for at least 60 seconds to remove all the salt water.
Do not open the camera case until the equipment is fully dried off.
If you cannot wash your camera equipment immediately after the dive with fresh water, keep it wet until you can. Don’t let it dry because once the salt crystallises it is very difficult to remove it and it can cause long term damage to your equipment. If it’s a long trip back to shore and you have no fresh water, use salt water to keep the camera equipment wet until you have access to fresh water.
At the end of the day when you have completed all your diving, its a very good idea to leave your camera underwater case in a bucket of fresh water for more than 30 minutes to fully dissolve any salt and minerals. Once you are finish soaking the equipment you should dry it with a towel.