2026 Scuba Diving Gear Guide

Our Annual Gear Guide covers everything a diver could want, including all the essential pieces of equipment to a variety of accessories that add convenience, fun or both to your dive adventures.

How to Choose a Dive Knife or Underwater Cutting Tool
Learn all about dive cutting tools, including types of devices, which ones are useful for different diving conditions and the best place to stow them while diving.
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Salt water can be brutal on your hair, but you don’t have to choose between great dives and healthy strands.

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ScubaLab - Best Gear of 2012

A load of new gear debuted in 2012, and the ScubaLab team dive-tested just about all of it. After digging deep into both objective and ergonomic test results, on the following pages we celebrate the year’s top-performing fins, BCs, regulators and dive computers, along with some first-rate travel bags, warm-water wetsuits and a couple of our top picks for safety gear.

ScubLab 2012 Gear of the Year: Safety Gear

A well-prepared DIVER is a safe diver: here are our favorites from our recent roundup of smart tools.

ScubaLab 2012 Gear of the Year: Travel Bags

Lightweight and capable, our Testers' Choice and Best Buy picks for dive gear roller bags will take the hassle out of world travel.

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