SCUBA EQUIPMENT RENTALS
UB Diving provides cold-water scuba rental equipment, drysuits, regulators, BCDs, cylinders, breathing gas, training, service support, and practical dive planning from our full-service dive shop in Courtenay, British Columbia.
Rental Gear For Real BC Diving
Cold-water diving is not warm-water diving with thicker underwear. British Columbia requires equipment that is properly serviced, correctly configured, and prepared for real ocean conditions.
UB Diving supports certified recreational divers, students, underwater photographers, visiting divers, charter divers, technical divers, expedition teams, and divers whose personal equipment is being serviced.
This is not just a rental counter. This is Vancouver Island cold-water diving support from a working dive shop.
Cold-Water Rental Equipment
Professional rental gear prepared for Vancouver Island shore diving, charter diving, wreck diving, expedition diving, underwater photography, and British Columbia cold-water training.
Complete Drysuit Package
Complete cold-water scuba setup including drysuit support.
24 Hours — $110
Weekend — $160
Complete Scuba Package
Complete scuba setup excluding drysuit.
24 Hours — $75
Weekend — $100
Drysuit Rental
Drysuit rental with undergarments for cold-water diving.
24 Hours — $60
Weekend — $90
Cold-Water Regulators
Professionally serviced regulator systems prepared for cold-water conditions.
24 Hours — $25
Weekend — $35
BCD Rentals
Cold-water buoyancy systems for local and travelling divers.
24 Hours — $25
Weekend — $35
Scuba Cylinders
Air and Nitrox cylinders available for qualified divers.
Air — $10
Nitrox — $20
Need something specific? Contact UB Diving directly. We can help match the equipment to your certification level, dive plan, destination, breathing gas needs, exposure protection, and cold-water experience.
Why Rent From UB Diving?
Vancouver Island diving demands more than generic rental gear. Proper cold-water equipment needs to be selected, maintained, inspected, and configured by people who understand British Columbia diving.
UB Diving has supported divers on Vancouver Island for more than 26 years. Our background includes recreational scuba training, professional-level diver development, technical diving support, rebreather support, cold-water charters, underwater photography support, commercial diving operations, aquaculture work, and marine field operations.
That real-water experience affects how we maintain equipment, how we prepare divers, and how we support every rental.
Gear Advice From People Who Dive Here
We See What Works
UB Diving sees equipment used by local divers, visiting divers, photographers, students, instructors, technical divers, and working divers in real British Columbia conditions.
We See What Fails
Cold water, current, salt, repetitive use, travel, and poor maintenance expose weak gear quickly. That experience shapes how we select and maintain rental equipment.
We Support The Whole Dive
Rentals connect directly to training, gas fills, equipment service, regulator repair, drysuit support, dive charters, and expedition planning.
More Than Rental Equipment
UB Diving is a full-service dive shop in Courtenay connecting rental equipment, training, service, breathing gas, expedition diving, technical support, and operational marine experience.
Rental Equipment
Cold-water scuba rental systems for certified divers.
PADI Training
Beginner through professional-level diver development.
Breathing Gas
Air, Nitrox, Trimix, oxygen cleaning, and CCR support.
Equipment Service
Cold-water regulator service and equipment support.
Expedition Diving
Nanaimo wrecks, Port Hardy, God’s Pocket Marine Park, Browning Pass, and more.
Commercial Credibility
Real marine operations experience behind the recommendations.
Serving Divers Across Vancouver Island
UB Diving supports divers travelling throughout Courtenay, Comox Valley, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Port Hardy, Browning Pass, God’s Pocket Marine Park, Vancouver Island, and coastal British Columbia.
Rental equipment is frequently used by local divers, visiting cold-water divers, underwater photographers, technical divers, expedition teams, and certified divers whose personal equipment is temporarily unavailable or being serviced.
Build Your Dive Plan Around UB Diving
Watch Vancouver Island Diving In Action
See the type of cold-water environment UB Diving supports: walls, wrecks, life-rich rocky reefs, expedition sites, and the demanding conditions that make proper equipment preparation matter.
Featured underwater video credit: Carl Sorenson — SCUBABC.ca. Carl’s British Columbia underwater footage helps show why Vancouver Island is one of the world’s great cold-water diving destinations.
Need Rental Equipment?
Contact UB Diving before your dive. We will help match the right equipment to your certification level, dive plan, destination, water temperature, exposure protection, breathing gas needs, and Vancouver Island cold-water conditions.