Weight belt for underwater diving

A weight belt for underwater divers, comprising two similar flexible elongated panels forming a plurality of generally contiguous pockets for receiving and containing diving weights, said panels comprising an inner flexible liner adapted for arrangement next to the diver and an outer liner, seams being formed between the inner and outer liners to form the respective pockets and for allowing expansion of the pockets when they are filled with diving weights so that the pockets tend to expand outwardly upon being filled to further enhance the comfort of the diver, the lower edge of each elongated panel being formed with an arcuate configuration to conform to the hips of the diver, and belt means comprising releasable means and adjustable means for securing the panels about the diver's waist and selectively positioning the panels relative to the belt means, whereby the weight belt can be adjusted to accommodate different waist sizes with the arcuate lower edge of each elongated panel being respectively centered on the diver's hips.