1-69. Certain waterborne-related items are extremely sensitive to the environment. Personnel should completely seal buried items in airtight waterproof containers. Normally, heavy-duty plastic bags are adequate for small items. Large items, such as rubber boats, generally have their own heavy-duty rubber or canvas containers. Sub- surface caching is much more time-consuming and difficult. Personnel must totally waterproof all sensitive items. The cache must be at a depth that can be reached by surface swimmers or divers. The detachment must also consider tide height and tidal current data when weighing where and at what depth to put the cache. The rise and fall of the tide will affect the depth. In any case, personnel should position the cache as close to the shore or beach as possible.