Scuba Diving Holiday Checklist

• Dive mask and protective case – A well-fitted mask is essential for comfort and clear vision underwater.
• Dive computer – A crucial tool for monitoring depth, dive time, and safety stops.
• BCD – If you own one, bring it along for familiarity and better buoyancy control
• Regulators – Your own regulator ensures reliability and hygiene.
• Fins – Choose open-heel or full-foot fins depending on your diving environment.
• Boots
• Wetsuit / drysuit – Pack a exposure protection suited for the water temperature of your destination.
• SMB / Reel or spool – Essential on drift dives and letting dive boats see you
• Dive boots for open heel fins
• Certification cards
• Knife – in case of entanglement
• Underwater camera, housing, silicon gel, lights, batteries
• Torch – for night dives and looking in cracks
• Reef hook (if appropriate)
• Gloves and hood if cold water or wreck diving
• Log book – Keep track of your underwater adventures and experience
• Weight-belt
• Spares – mouthpiece, zip ties, o-rings, fin straps
• Dive slates – Handy for communication underwater.

If you would like to purchase any of the above equipment before you travel then checkout our dive shop where you can find the latest brands and great prices.

Non-diving Equipment Checklist

• Clothing appropriate for the weather
• Hoodie / sweatshirt
• Swimwear
• Shorts
• Sunglasses
• Hat
• Changing robe
• Medication
• Sea sickness tablets
• Dive insurance
• Chargers – phone, tablet
• Plug adapter
• Reef safe sunscreen / after sun
• Reusable water bottle
• Re-hydration sachets
• Passport
• Vouchers for hotels and transfers
• Phone – with airline app and e-ticket / boarding pass
• Tablet
• Flip flops and appropriate footwear
• Socks
• Towel (normally provided on diving liveaboards and hotels)
• Music & video downloads, books, Kindle
• Tea bags if you only like a certain brand
• Dry bag

• Loads of pairs of shoes – liveaboards don’t to allow shoes to be worn on board
• Masses of clothing – you’ll probably be in swimwear most of the day and with airline luggage restrictions, you won’t need tonnes of clothes
• Food – most dive resorts and liveaboards appreciate that divers can eat their own body-weight in food every day and cook accordingly
• Cylinders and lead weights – yes we have seen divers take these!