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Buy the mask before you go, fit is important and try it with a reg or snorkel in your mouth, I can’t tell you how many mask I have in the garage that my kids or I bought that fit in the shop but leaked in use. You want something with a really soft skirt too which will cost you more but after an hour dive the cheap mask will be cutting into your upper lip.
Are you going to Beneath the Sea http://www.beneaththesea.org/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=862 next weekend? Lot’s of equipment on display where you can try it before you buy it!
Borrow or rent the fins and snorkel until you know what you want. If you are diving local then you will need open heel fins with 7mil boots, for tropical trips you can go to a 3mil slipper. Closed heel fins are great for the tropics but some sites can be hard on the bare feet coming back to shore.
Same with the snorkel, what kind of diving are you planning. A lot of NE divers because of fishing line on the wrecks carry a folding snorkel in a pocket just in case but they are wet and hard to clear which would not be good in class. If your plans for the future call for snorkeling with whales, whalesharks, mantas etc buy a dry snorkel.
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