Scuba Diving Holiday Gifts

The holiday season is upon us, wait — where did 2018 go? If you are looking to get a jump on your holiday scuba shopping, or you happen to be reading this days before Christmas, Sport Diver editors have hand-selected the following scuba gear items and accessories just for you. If you are one of the latter, shopping procrastinators, you will be happy to know all of these items are available for purchase online. Most of the following items are small enough to fit in a stocking and are available for two-day shipping with an Amazon Prime membership. Whether it’s ocean-themed jewelry or a new scuba mask, I’m sure you’ll find something in our holiday gift guide below that your favorite scuba diver will love.

For those of us (adults) with narrow faces, this mask could be just the one you are looking for.It provides an ultra comfortable and low profile fit without compromising on the wide-angle view. Because of its low profile, this mask makes for a great crossover betweens scuba diving and freediving.

Keep communication clear in your dive group with this stainless steel noise maker. It rattles with a shake or can be used as a tank banger so you can let your buddies know when that mantas cruises by.

For those who are always hopping on a plane, headed for a warm-water destination, these travel-friendly fins — at 20.5 inches and 2.6 pounds in size medium – also deliver great performance in the water. And the foot-pocket design allows for easy donning and doffing with bare feet.

If you travel with an underwater camera this accessory is a necessity to make sure your camera is always within reach and doesn’t end up at the bottom of the ocean. This lanyard features two side hooks so you can attach one side to your BCD and one to your camera or other dive accessory such as a dive light.

With an inner fleece lining and water resistant outer layer, this long sleeve shirt doubles as a rash guard alternative or another layer of warmth underneath your wetsuit.

It’s never fun to sit out a dive due to a bad O-ring. With this handy keychain, you’ll never have to because you’ll always have a spare. Simply unscrew the bottom of this tiny tank to access a brass pick to remove damaged O-rings and a stash of new ones to replace them.

Though more tec-diver oriented, the Black Ice makes a good BC for divers of all skill levels due to its heavy-hitting performance. Comfortable and stable, it switches between horizontal and vertical orientations with ease. This rugged back-inflate also has plenty of storage options and its size adjustments are very accommodating.

This vacuum-sealed, anodized-aluminum smartphone housing allows you to harness the imaging power that’s in your pocket by controlling your phone’s camera (including manual focus on iOS) via Bluetooth and saving media straight to your device. Optional housings and wet-lenses are available and the included Dive+ app features some impressive digital color-correction.

For some people it's a rabbit's foot, for others a lucky pendant. For us, we can't be sure a dive is going to go right without the old reliable defog. Plus, who knows what's actually in that bottle of stuff they pass around on the dive deck? Sea Gold from Gear Aid (formerly known as McNett) is thicker than the watery stuff, so you can squirt just the needed bit onto your lenses for a fog-free dive.

Was Black Tip Wall the third dive of the day? Or was it Hammerhead Gulch? This is why we like to get all the details down when they're still fresh. So it helps to have a notebook that doesn't care if you get it a little wet – or completely soaked. Made from the same paper ScubaLab uses for underwater test sheets, this notebook has 80 sewn-in waterproof sheets (160 pages) that are 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, and a cover and binding designed to take anything a dive boat can dish out.

Basically a jumbo drysuit hanger with a built-in electric fan, the Hangair seemed like a gimmicky luxury – until we tried it during a recent drysuit test. The quiet AC-powered fan blows enough air into the suit to puff it out (specs say 3.4 cubic meters per minute) and after a while we could feel the air blowing from the wrist vents go from damp to dry. Soggy suits that wouldn't have dried overnight on their own were dry in a few hours, and it also works on heavy coats, drysuit undergarments, etc.

Because nothing says I love you like a really big sausage. Really big. In ScubaLab's 2017 test of emergency signaling gear, from a mile away, this 10-foot signal tube was the most visible of all the SMBs we tested. Rolled and stowed, it’s not much bulkier than most 6-footers, and has a mount near the top to hang a light tube, for visibility at night.

Is there a diver in your life who loves quality ocean-themed jewelry? Introduce them to the work of artist Roland St. John, starting with this solidly made 3-ounce pewter key chain with a clear lacquer finish and realistic detail.

Divers who love their regs but not their mouthpieces, take heart: For a fraction of the cost of a new reg, Seacure moldable mouthpieces — available in many colors and styles to configure to many regs, including some rebreathers — lets you customize to your own mouth, teeth, gums and jaw. And it can be remolded again and again as needed.