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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.

60 Second ScubaLab: Cressi Palau Fins

Cressi is creating a better way to snorkel with its Palau fin, a lightweight kicker that combines the convenience and versatility of an adjustable fin with the comfort of a full-foot fin.

60 Second ScubaLab: Tilos Armada BC

Tilos’ back-bouyancy Armada BC is targeted to the traveling diver, but it has enough ballast capacity and buoyant lift for local diving too.

60 Second ScubaLab: Ultralight Control Systems Tray System for the Olympus PEN

Ultralight Control Systems tray and arms for the Olympus Pen Camera maximizes flexibility in the way you set up your underwater photo rig.

60:Second ScubaLab: Innovative Scuba Concepts Bladefish 5000

The Bladefish Seajet 5000 is a sleek new way to fly underwater.

60:Second ScubaLab: IST Sports J-1200 Hydro D BC

You get a lot of BC with IST’s J-1200 Hydro D.

60:Second ScubaLab: NeoSport X-Span 3/2 Jumpsuit

NeoSport’s X-Span three-two jumpsuit is made of an incredibly soft and flexible neoprene sandwiched between a super-elastic fabric laminate, making this tropical dive suit about as comfortable and

60:Second ScubaLab: Aqua Lung Zuma BC

Aqua Lung’s Zuma is a featherweight back-buoyancy BC designed for travel. It packs so compactly you can easily fit it into a carry-on bag.