Seabase – Keys Adventure – Packing List

Wear

• Class A Uniform (green pants/shorts/skort with tan shirt)
• Shoes (can be shoes mentioned on packing list below, or just any comfortable shoes)

Turn in to group Gear Bag for checking at airport (put in a bag and label)

• 16oz +45 Biodegradable sunscreen REEF SAFE (no aerosols)
• Non aerosol bug spray
• Oil-based skin product for no-seeums repellent (i.e., Skin-So-Soft)

Clothes to Pack

there are free laundry facilities – with driers and detergent provided

scouts will have the opportunity to buy a souvenir t-shirt if they want an extra t-shirt

• Light fleece that can get wet (good when chilly/on boat/in rain).
• 2 x swimsuit (we will be basically living in swimsuits)
• 4 x underwear
• 3 x pairs of socks (1 x long-ish for buggy island)
• 1 x bra
• 2 x shorts/skorts for dry activities
• 1 x long pants for dry activities (for sunburn/bugs)
• 1 x long pants for wet activities – e.g. quick dry leggings/pants (for sunburn)
• 1 x swim shorts (for comfort – e.g. cheap athletic shorts)
• 1 x UPF +30 long sleeve swim shirt
• 1 x long-sleeve troop swim shirt (this is also uniform for flags)
• 1 x Luau Shirt (this is uniform for last night)
• 1 x casual shirt that doesn’t identify us as scouts for Key West
• 1 x troop 29 t-shirt
• 1 x shirt with skincoverage (e.g. quickdry hoodie) for buggy island
• 1 x pajamas (optional)

Gear to pack

• Hiking sandals (e.g. Chacos/Tevas/Keens)
  • worn 90% of time, including as shower shoes
• Closed toe, hard soled, water shoes
  • should be good for wading in waist-deep water with slippery rocks and knee-deep sticky mud. Best is hard-soled dive-booties
• Wide-mouth water bottle with carabiner – clipped on daypack
• Quart ziplock bag with:
  • mini toothpaste
  • mini showergel
  • mini shampoo
  • mini conditioner
  • Mini shave foam/cream (optional)
  • Mini mouthwash (optional)
• Small toiletry bag with:
  • meds
  • Toothbrush
  • floss
  • brush/comb
  • hair ties
  • Solid deodorant
  • body glide stick or gold bond powder (optional)
  • Razor (optional)
  • Ear plugs (optional)
• Polarized Sunglasses with strap
• Wide brimmed hat with strap (boats go fast)
• Neck Gaiter/Buff (for sun & bug protection) 
• Rain jacket (also good windbreaker on fast boats)
• Flashlight that has a red option for turtles
• Spending money ($150-$200 – greenlight card etc)
• Book 
• Emergency period things
• String bag to carry items to/from shower
• Lightweight sleeping bag
• Small pillow
• 2 towels (lightweight)
• Mask & Snorkel 
• Dirty laundry bag
• Small waterproof dry-bag to take on boats, for camera/first aid/sunblock (optional)
• Water camera or GoPro (optional)
• Thermal cover for water bottle to keep water cold (optional)
• Face net for buggy island (optional)
• Sheet for twin mattress in dorm (optional – mattresses have wipeable plastic covers)
• Backpacking sleeping pad / air mattress (optional – for the one camping night)
• Hammock (optional – only space for 1-2 hammocks during the one camping night)
• Tag or small identifying item for the mesh bag that comes with the seabase flippers (optional)

Adults-only Gear:

• Phone with charging cable and plug
• charged brick/battery-pack to charge phone when off base
• Cover to be able to take phone underwater
• Some wooden clothespins
• Combination lock (1 per crew of 6-8)
• Snorkel-mask defogging-spray
• Crew First-aid kit specific to our adventure (1 per crew of 6-8)
• Med forms ABC for everyone in the crew of 6-8
  • (with dr signature, dr note for recent musculoskeletal injuries, date for tetanus shot, signature that over-the-counter meds can be given, etc)
• Other paperwork for everyone in the crew of 6-8
  • (fishing licenses for all age 16+ and all adult training certificates)

For one-night camping on the island (each person will be given a large dry-bag to pack):

Note, everything below is already on the packing list (take adult first aid kit everywhere)

Wear:

• a wet outfit (swimsuit, wet-activity long pants, swim shirt, hat, sunglasses)
• closed-toe hard-soled water shoes for wading to island

Keep with you:

• mesh flipper/snorkel bag (with all snorkel gear)
• water bottle, sunblock, camera, fishing license for 16+ (maybe in a small drybag)

Pack the following in the large (provided) dry-bag (you won’t see dry-bag all day):

• High coverage shirt for buggy island
• Long dry-activity pants for buggy island
• Long-ish socks for buggy island
• Underwear and bra
• Dry shoes for island (sandals good)
• toothbrush/toothpaste
• Medication
• Towel
• Flashlight
• Lightweight sleeping bag
• Period things
• Hair ties
• Bug spray and no-seeum oil
• Neck Gaiter/Buff  
• Rain jacket
• Small pillow
• Backpacking sleeping pad or air mattress (optional)
• Hammock (optional)
• Face net for buggy island (optional)