Best scuba diving accessories for the recreational diver!

Today I’m here to talk about the most useful scuba diving accessories that you need to have.

As a team, we have seen a lot of divers who get really excited about diving and go buy every accessory that they can get their hands on. Although new toys can be fun, we all know that scuba equipment is not cheap!

This list is to help you sort through the noise and get some practical tools that come in handy on normal dives.

Azul Unlimited recommends:

Computer:
torch:

[AzulUnlimited]

Tell us your favorite accessory here! 👇🏻

[jonnieinbangkok]

DSMBs can also serve as additional floatation/buoyancy device at the surface.

[OttO]

Passing through your channel makes my quarantine go easy 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thanks for posting keep it up.. my favourite toy is computer😉

[kurtsteiner]

Good points Sarah.
I dive mostly in UK waters where it's cold so am envious of your warm water diving.
I would ad a cargo net or a pocket to your acessories so you have somewhere to put this kit when you are not using it.

[coyoteran]

I put the DSMB right up there with the trifecta Mask/Fins/Snorkel. You can (should) use one when you are snorkelling and you will always have a big visual marker to let the world know where you are when snorkelling and diving. Then learn how to deploy the thing at depth. So many divers just watch their dive leader deploy the DSMB when what they should really be watching is how they deploy so they can do it themselves.

[MDWtubeChannel]

That thing with the string you had clipped to your SMB looks just like one I 3D printed this winter. I only has pink plastic thread at the time, so it came out looking just like yours. Good news is it's easy to find in a bag full of mostly black dive gear. And by the way, what you had there was not a reel, it's a spool (reels have handles and cranks, spools do not).
My least favorite accessory here is the noisemaker. I go under the water to get away from all the noise, and tourists with rattles and air-powered sirens drive me insane. Sometimes my own bubbles are even too loud for me, but I can't afford a rebreather (yet, LOL).
I don't consider the computer an accessory; it's more of an essential, though I tend to run mine in gauge mode most of the time so I can use it as an input for the real computer inside my head. It also makes a nice tool for logging (if I ever took the time to transcribe the data to paper).
I feel naked without a compass, even though I almost never use mine. The thing is, when you do need it, you REALLY need it, so maybe that should be considered an essential as well.

[Alinfinito]

My favourite accessory is the noice maker! Love it, I bet you do as well.

[manosbak]

Very nice list, plus i love to carry a bag for collecting garbage, we find masks, snorkels, flip flops, plastic straws, bottles, cans, sun glasses, lots of stuff they do not belong down there.

[waynestorey]

Loving your video's and advise but I have a question but may sound silly. On my SMB there is a metal ring on top. Is it a good idea to put a small strobe light on it? So far you have saved me cash is no split fins for me.

[Truth-Be-Told-USA]

I always feel safer with 2 computers. A backup is a good thing. It has helped me when diving

[PressureGroupX]

But if I don’t have a huge knife no one will take me serious! Haha

Such great info

[travelthoia]

Super excited 😁 what is your opinion about the hydros pro ? It seems to be pretty good but its twice the price of regular bcds.
Also I'm very concerned about the "New guy with brand new equipment" thing. I'm very confident about the water but I'm a very conservative diver I try not to fall into the trap of feeling too confident with my diving skills.

[comebackdk]

with sadness I see you recommend a pointer Stick witch is illegal in most of warm water counties, like Thailand and Philippines, a lot of divers brake to many corals with those :( if it for noice use a boltsnap or a tankball,

[kg]

I disagree about the noise makers and using my pointer instead. In low viz, my Buddy and the dive guide separated from me. I had to do the rotate and make noise to be located or surface with SMB. It would have been a hassle to unclip my pointer and tap on tank for thos minutes compared to just shaking my hanging rattle. My buddy's has a different sound than mine so we can tell them all apart. I have tried banging knives etc and watched people drop them too. Should be the dive guide's call.

[kevingumfory]

Really really very very ? More and more !

[chongeway]

fins! save so much stamina and air after getting the right fins

[forgot_my_name_again]

Noise makers should be prohibited unless your like an instructor or dive guide and even those I like to take away from them.