Candice LandauLast Updated on April 14, 2024 by Candice Landau
A couple of years ago I made my own packing list for cold water diving trips. I made it because I noticed that most packing lists online are geared toward warm water divers and wetsuit divers. They’re also usually pretty basic and don’t include many of the things that those who wear drysuits, and take photographs have to include.
The list has been vetted by multiple cold water scuba divers, and downloaded by dozens of others. When I print this list to use for my own trips, I print 2 sheets to a page to save paper and make the list more compact. It works really well!
I did make a “professional” version of this packing list as well (not included here) for divemasters and instructors. If you’d like that send me an email via the contact form. Otherwise, you should be able to download my ultimate cold water diving packing list right here.
The sections it includes are:
- General clothing
- Dive garments
- Other
- Dive gear
- The essentials
- Nice to have
- Miscellaneous
- Electronics
- Dive camera
- Other
- Save-a-dive kit
- Safety and health
You can download the list here. Note: the form will ask you to “subscribe” but that is only so that MailChimp can send you the email including the packing list. You are, of course, free to unsubscribe at any time.
If you spot anything I’ve missed, leave a comment and I’ll be sure to update it.
In the meantime, happy adventuring!
