A good spearfishing packing list for a two-week trip is short, deliberate, and built around one constraint: it all has to fit in a single checked bag under the airline limit. This checklist covers the core gear, the warm-water wetsuit and weighting that matter in the Mediterranean, your safety kit, and the spares and consumables that keep you diving for the full fortnight — with the heavy lead left at home.
It's the practical companion to our travel spearfishing in the Mediterranean guide, and it builds on the foundations in our beginner gear kit list. Print it, tick it off, and you won't reach the water missing something you can't easily replace.
Core Gear You Can't Skip
These are the non-negotiables — the things that, missing, end your dive day:
- Mask and snorkel — low-volume mask for easy equalising; a simple J-snorkel.
- Fins — long freediving blades; the biggest item, so pack them flat against the bag's back panel.
- Speargun or pole spear — unloaded, bands relaxed, tip capped.
- Weight belt — rubber belt with a quick-release buckle (the lead itself you'll buy there).
- Dive knife — small, blunt-tipped, strapped to belt or arm.
Wetsuit, Weights and Fins for Warm Med Water
The Mediterranean in summer runs 22–26°C, so a thick suit will cook you. A 1.5–3 mm open-cell or two-piece wetsuit is right for most of the season; bump to 3–5 mm in spring or autumn or if you feel the cold. An open-cell suit needs lubricant (soapy water or conditioner) to get into — pack a small bottle.
Weighting follows the suit: thinner suits need less lead. As a rough start, a thin-suited diver might run 4–8% of body weight in lead, adjusted in the water. Because you'll buy weights locally, plan to do a quick weight check on day one rather than guessing.
Safety Kit and Float Line Setup
Safety gear is not optional, and it's light enough that there's no excuse to skip it:
- Dive float and flag — keeps you visible to boats; many areas legally require it.
- Float line — connects you (or your gun) to the float.
- Dive watch or computer — track dive and surface-interval times.
- Gloves and socks — protect against rock and urchins.
- Small first-aid kit — urchin spines and cuts are the usual customers.
Spares, Tools and Consumables
Two weeks is long enough that things wear or break, and a coastal shop may not stock your exact part. Pack a spare shaft and tip, a couple of spare bands and wishbones, a spare mask strap, line and crimps, a multi-tool, and a small tube of silicone grease for o-rings and threads. These weigh almost nothing and save a dive day.
Packing It All Within Baggage Limits
The whole list above fits a single 23 kg checked bag — but only if you leave the lead at home (it's heavy and cheap to buy on arrival) and pack smart: fins flat against the back panel, wetsuit and towels as padding around the gun, boots worn on the plane. Breath-hold is the engine of all of this, so spend some pre-trip time learning how to hold your breath longer for spearfishing — it's the lightest, most valuable thing you can bring.
A Printable Two-Week Checklist
Quick version to copy: mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, weight belt, knife, gun or pole spear, float and flag, float line, dive watch, gloves, socks, first-aid kit, spare shaft and tip, spare bands, line and crimps, multi-tool, silicone grease, suit lubricant. Buy on arrival: lead weights. Tick every item, and your two weeks in the Med are sorted.
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