9 Different Gear Bags Every Scuba Diver Can’t Dive Without

Quit carrying stray pieces of gear from dive to dive. These scuba diving gear bags will make your life of diving easier!

This article presents a list of essential gear bags that every scuba diver, free-diver, spearfishermen/women and snorkeler needs for successful dive gear transport. By the end, you’ll have a thorough understanding of the various types of gear bags every diver needs for a successful day on the water.

Scuba Diving Gear Bags to Make Every Diver’s Life Easier

Every underwater explorer needs to protect their gear. And every underwater explorer needs to get their gear from point A to point B. No matter the activity, your life on the water will be immensely easier after investing in a few quality gear bags.

1. Scuba Diving Mesh Gear Bag

Years ago, I bought a mesh gear bag from Mares and I still use it every single day. And honestly, it looks just as good as the day I bought it.

Mesh bags (particularly the ones with shoulder straps for a backpack-type fit) are so handy. It’s the easiest way to get your dive gear from your house, car, hotel room and onto the boat for your dive.

All the gear you’ll need for the day conveniently fits while being able to dry out after your dives. Here are two we personally use:

2. Regulator Bag

Between your first and second stage, octopus, pressure gauges, and possibly a dive computer – your regulator set up may be the most expensive bundle of equipment you own.

Why wouldn’t you protect it the best you can?

After years of mishandling my regulator I finally made the investment into a quality regulator bag. Not only does it protect those precious pieces of equipment, it also compartmentalizes your gear bag for better organization.

And honestly, I store all of my most delicate pieces of equipment inside. Flashlight, wrist computer, console computer, and even my GoPro. All fit nicely, safely, and neatly inside!

3. Scuba Diving Travel Bag

Scuba diving and travel. Forever bound together. And as such, you’ll likely be shipping dive gear in the under carriage of an airplane. Best protect it and make things easier on yourself at the airport!

Speaking of travel, be sure to check out these travel resources to help plan your next dive trip!

4. Mesh Bag for Snorkeling

Who doesn’t enjoy a good day of snorkeling? We keep a separate mesh bag just for snorkel gear for when we’re exploring some shallow reefs here in the South Florida area.

5. Spearfishing Gear Bag for Free-divers

Spearfishing and freediving are a sport we’re just dabbling into. After taking our first freediving class we’ve invested in some gear to accompany our newfound hobby.

As with any hobby, the more entrenched you get the more equipment you’ll inevitably invest in. Freediving fins for spearfishing are longer than scuba fins and a specialized gear bag reflects this change.

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6. Bag for Weights

If you’re one to bring your own soft weights to the dive boat (or if you do any shore diving), you’ll take a lot of strain off your back by investing in one of these bags.

The handles are built durably to carry the load of all the lead you might need during your next dive!

7. Waterproof Backpack / Dry Bag

Anyone spending any amount of the time on the water knows things tend to get wet – no matter how hard you try to keep them dry.

For divers, it’s important to keep a set of dry clothes, possibly a towel, rain jacket, and certainly your phone, wallet, and keys water-free. Regardless, no matter what goodies and trinkets you fancy to bring on the water, having a waterproof backpack / dry bag is essential.

8. More Dry Bags!

You’re going to notice a common theme here: you can never have too many dry bags. Period.

For us? We like to compartmentalize our waterproof backpack from above. Oftentimes, those backpacks become a bottomless pit of all sorts of items we decided to bring along. An easy way to keep things organized are to separate them into more dry bags on the inside!

Not to mention, if the waterproof backpack were to fail and leak, your belongings are still likely going to be safe from any water!

9. And even more Dry Bags for books, documents, phone, etc!

I own a bundle of these dry bags to carry along any essential documents (passport, visa information, certification cards, plane tickets) that need to be laid flat and protected. Additionally, the larger ones work great for that excellent book you can’t stop reading!

Like I said, you can never have too many dry bags.

Scuba Diving Gear Bags: Final Thoughts

Scuba diving is a gear intensive sport that’s going to require a lot of hauling to and from your destination. Why not make it easier on yourself with some useful gear bags?

Let’s not forget either, all of that scuba gear is insanely expensive! It’s best to take proper care of it throughout your scuba diving career to ensure longevity!

Additionally, you’ll learn quickly that a life spent on the water means one thing: everything gets wet. Literally everything. We do our best to keep SOME things dry with a never ending supply of dry bags. Like I said, you can never have too many dry bags.