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Best Travel Gear for Scuba Diving Trips

For our 2026 Liveaboards issue, ScubaLab reviewed travel-friendly dive gear. This roundup highlights several categories of travel-ready gear, including bags, BCs, fins and more.

Quick Looks: The Hottest New Dive Gear

ScubaLab presents what's new in dive gear.

Dive Knife Review

You need the right dive knife for the right job. ScubaLab walks you through what criteria to consider when looking for a new knife as part of our gear review.

Dive Travel Gear Reviewed by ScubaLab

Here's our list of the best scuba diving gear for easy travel, from compact fins and BCs to folding snorkels and lightweight dive masks.

ScubaLab 2014: Best Diving Gear of the Year

Over the past 12 months, ScubaLab has tested scores of new products, from regs and computers to wetsuits and dive lights. Here is the gear we rated the best.

ScubaLab First Look: The Best New Dry Bags

Are you looking to buy a new dive bag for your scuba gear? Here's a first look at some new dry bags perfect for traveling.

2014 ScubaLab Best Buy: Cressi Leonardo Dive Computer

You won’t find any color LED display here, or air integration, or four-gas switching. So what do you get with the Leonardo?

2014 ScubaLab Best Buy: Mares Smart Dive Computer

It doesn’t have the longest list of goodies — there’s no air integration or compass — but what it does, it does very well.