Sea Base Trip Guides, Checklists, Calculators, Lists, Forms, Tips and More Information

 

Sea Base has loads of guides, pdf's, PowerPoints,, checklists, cost calculators and more information, but it is mostly darn near impossible to find on their website, so below is a master list to all of their documents with links back to the Sea Base website.  There are other guides, too.  Some, I produced and put on this website and sometimes I find other independent material, too - links are below! Of course, since Sea Base has 18 different adventures at 4 different locations (Isalmorada, Brinton Center on Big Pine Key, Bahama and St. Thomas) it is important to find the right guides for your specific adventure trip. Paperwork and travel information can vary widely between some adventures, so it’s important to know which program your unit is registered for.  

Gear and Trip Guides

• Trip guide and packing lists - what you NEED and where to get it! -
  Pick your base/adventure below for the gear selection, ordering, packing, and trip information - Pick the base you depart from, then click on your adventure.
  ALL adventures return to the same base from which they departed!
  • Islamorada-based adventures - pay attention to the exact name!
    • Sailing Adventure Guide and Packing List - some boat nights, some in dorms and tents
    • Coral Reef Sailing Adventure guide and packing list, sleeps almost every night on the boat
    • Keys Adventure Islamorada  Guide and Packing List (KI)
      Sleeping in the Islamorada dorms, some in tents
    • Eco Sailing,
    • Sea Exploring, 
    • SCUBA adventures
       
  • Brinton Environmental Center- all Summerland Key BEC-based adventures which includes:
    • Keys Adventure, 
    • Out Island Adventure and
    • Florida Fishing Adventure)
       
  • Florida SCUBA packing guide and more info (it goes in/out of Islamorada)
     
  • Bahamas Packing Guide and information
     
  • St. Thomas Packing Guide and information

Other Gear Guides

• Snorkels and masks, what to get and where
• Underwater cameras and recording equipment for underwater and above water!

Checklists and Calculators

Choose the checklist based on your stage in the process. Each of these is available as an interactive form that you can come back an update at any time, or also as a PDF that you can print out and manually enter and update.  You can print out the online one at any time, too.

• Selecting and ordering gear - See your guide in the list above
  This checklist shows all gear options, helps you choose what you want.  It's a checklist version of the trip guide and packing list pages above
• Complete checklist: ordering, packing and cost calculator - This Interactive Checklist allows you to enter the quantity and price of everything you purchase for this trip including sea base fees air travel and every single item and it will total it up and also provide a checklist to check things off . So once you know what you want to order if you want to track the cost you could use this checklist. It's also useful as an estimator since it has this is this is the baseline default prices for everything loaded into it. If you're thinking about going on AC based trip you can use this to fairly accurately calculate your total cost per person.
  

Informational guides

These are almost impossible to find on the Sea Base website, so here are the direct links! Masny are either PowerPoints or PDF's so there is no "page" on the Sea Base website, it just autmatically downloads, so check your downloads folder if no page opens.

• Anchor Watch for Sailing Crews 
• Boating and sailing terms. learn 'em before you go, ya landlubber!
• FAQs : Sea Base frequently asked questions - the constantly growing FAQs page is here.
• Coral Reef Sailing Adventures port of call
• Best snorkeling locations
• Fishing lures, bait and fishing tips
• Fish Identification Guide
• Galley Patrol for Sailing Crews
• Majestic Depths
• Merit badge requirements to do on a Sea Base trip
• Motion Sickness and Sea Sickness Prevention and Treatment
• Photos from past trips - the Sea Base website has years of them.  Pro-tip, ppick a year, then a month, then open the ones that have a scenery phot, rather than a crew pic. The ones that are linked with a crew pphoto often have NADA in them other than a group photo of them standing on land. This is a good one.
• Sailing Sample Menu
• Sea Base Guide to High Adventure Sailing
• Tips: Sea Base trip tips from past participants, organized by category
• FAQs : Sea Base frequently asked questions - the constantly growing FAQs page is here.
• Troop leaders planning guide
• A typical Itinerary for Islamorada Coral Reef Sailing
• A Typical Itinerary for an Islamorada Keys Adventure Sailing (KS)
• A Typical Itinerary for an  Keys Adventure Islamorada (KI)
• A typical itinerary for  a Brinton (BEC Summerland Key) Fishing Adventure

 

See these pages for more information, photos, tips and first hand accounts!