Image by Stuart Westmorland

Diving is gear intensive. Cold water diving multiplies that by a factor of five. In any sport, folks wind up with favorite bits of gear, some of it expected, some of it just plain weird. Our experts, all Sport Diver contributors, share their tried and true tips for cold-water dive preparation.

Special thanks to:
Yvette Cardozo, The Northern Queen
Brandon Cole, Cold Snapper
Pierce Hoover, The Iceman Cometh
Stuart Westmorland, The Digital Snowman