Kelp shield for diver worn equipment

A kelp shield for preventing kelp from becoming entangled about a piece of diver's underwater equipment supported and projecting outward from a diver's first body portion above which a second body portion of the diver is disposed, said shield including a vertically elongated flexible panel having an upper end and a lower end, body portion encircling supportive strap means for securement about said second body portion, means securing said upper end to an intermediate portion of said strap means with said panel disposed generally normal to said intermediate portion, the lower end of said panel being adapted to lengthwise overlap at least a portion of said underwater equipment, said lower end of said flexible panel including transverse strap means supported therefrom, the last-mentioned strap means including opposite end portions from opposite sides of which coacting thistle-type fastener strips are supported, said strips being releasably engageable with last-mentioned strap means for securement about a valve body carried by the upper end of a tank by breathing air supported from said first body portion.