XS Scuba Seaside Deluxe Dive Gear Bag

XS Scuba Seaside Deluxe Bag: Large-Capacity Mesh Backpack for Recreational Divers

The XS Scuba Seaside Deluxe Bag is a 103-liter mesh backpack built to carry a full set of dive gear to the water and back.

If you dive from boats, beach entries, or resort docks and want a bag that handles wet equipment without complaint, this one is worth a close look.

Size and Capacity

At 15 inches wide by 28 inches tall (38 cm x 71 cm) with a volume of 103.25 liters (6,300 cubic inches), the Seaside Deluxe is genuinely large enough to fit a full recreational kit: BCD, regulator, wetsuit, mask, fins, and boots together, without forcing anything.

The bag itself weighs just 793.8 grams (28 oz) empty. That matters when airlines weigh your luggage or when you are already carrying a lot.

Mesh Construction and What It Means on a Dive Trip

The main body is tough polyester mesh, which means water drains straight through after a dive. You are not trapping wet neoprene inside a sealed shell where it sits and starts to smell.

After a day in the water, you can submerge the entire packed bag in a rinse tank at the dock or resort. Everything inside gets rinsed at once. Then you hang the bag up and the gear air-dries while still inside it. This is a genuine convenience if you are diving multiple days in a row.

The tarpaulin bottom panel is the one part of the bag that does not drain. It protects the base of your gear from rough dock surfaces, gravel, or grit, and it keeps the structure of the bag solid when you set it down loaded.

Pockets and Organisation

Two separate pockets sit alongside the main mesh compartment:

• Internal zippered pocket made of tarpaulin, water-resistant, for items you want shielded from the mesh environment: a dive computer, camera housing, logbook, or anything you do not want snagged or exposed to dripping gear.
• External expandable pocket for things you need to reach quickly, reef hook, surface marker buoy, snacks, a towel, without digging through the main compartment.

The drawstring-and-roll-up closure on the main compartment is straightforward to open and close, even with wet hands.

Carrying and Handling

The bag carries like a backpack on two padded, adjustable shoulder straps, which makes a real difference when you are walking a distance from the car park to the entry point with a full kit on your back.

A top grab handle and side grab handle let you lift and move the bag quickly when you are stepping over kit on a crowded boat deck or handing it down to someone on a dock.

Travel Use

Because the bag is lightweight and foldable, a practical approach on a liveaboard or resort trip is to fly with your gear packed in a hard or duffel travel bag, then transfer everything into the Seaside Deluxe once you arrive. Your travel bag stays dry and clean at the resort. The mesh bag handles the daily wet work at the dive site.

This also means security checks are less of a concern at airports: mesh bags show their contents clearly, so screeners rarely need to open them.

Who This Bag Is Not For

If you need to protect electronics or delicate items during transport, the mesh main compartment is not the right environment for that. Use the internal tarpaulin pocket for anything sensitive, or keep those items in a separate case.

The bag also has no frame or rigid structure beyond the tarpaulin base, so it is not designed to stand upright fully on its own when partially loaded. If you need a structured gear locker that holds its shape on a dock, a hard-sided bag would suit you better.

For recreational divers who want a spacious, easy-to-rinse, packable backpack for regular dive trips, the XS Scuba Seaside Deluxe Bag is a straightforward, well-thought-out choice.