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.
The Ultimate Guide to Scuba Haircare
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: From Rec to Tec

You’ve logged hundreds of dives, traveled to the world’s hottest dive spots and enjoyed just about every underwater adventure there is.

ScubaLab: From Rec to Tec: Tech Tools

The tools tec divers take down with them are not just accessories but devices that might save a life.

ScubaLab: From Rec to Tec: Tech Lights

Whether venturing into a cave, exploring a wreck or diving to depths beyond the reach of the sun’s rays, tec divers need to carry their own illumination.

ScubaLab: From Rec to Tec: Tech Regulators

Solid breathing performance and reserve capacity –– the ability to deliver gas smoothly and easily even at extreme depths and breathing rates –– is what counts when choosing a tec regulator.

ScubaLab: From Rec to Tec: Tech BCs

The traditional tec BC is a metal backplate, an air cell — also called a wing — and a harness made from 2-inch webbing.

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