Band speargun

Price in Morocco

Cheapest new Seac Sub Diving Pro A550, Seac Sub 75 · at Ocean Shop 499 to 699 MAD
Mid-range Omer Excalibur 75, Beuchat Espadon Sport, Beuchat Arka Competition · at Ocean Shop, Technic Plongée Pro 999 to 1 224 MAD
High end Beuchat Marlin Evil, Beuchat Hero · at Technic Plongée Pro 1 800 to 2 436 MAD
Second-hand Scubapro Magnum 60, Cressi SL Star 55, Abysstar Tigre 60 · at Ocean Shop 290 to 549 MAD

Prices read on 17 October 2026 from Moroccan online shops. Brands named are examples seen for sale, not a recommendation, and prices change: check before you buy. For second-hand, also look on Avito and in spearfishing groups.

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01 What it is for

The band speargun stores energy in stretched rubber and releases it into a steel shaft. It is quiet, simple, cheap to maintain and easy to understand: a diver can see every part that matters and fix most of them on the beach.

Its job is a clean, accurate shot at short to medium range. Everything about choosing one comes back to that: a gun that is too long for the water is slow to aim in rock and surge, and a gun that is too short for the water will not reach a fish that stays at the edge of visibility.

02 What to look for

Length first, and length means the barrel, measured in centimetres. Match it to where you dive:

60 to 75 cm: holes, caves, thick surge, very poor visibility. Fast to swing, short range.
75 to 90 cm: the Moroccan all-rounder for rock, white water and the seabreams that live there. If you own one gun, this is it.
90 to 110 cm: clearer water, walls, dentex, seabass at range, the Mediterranean in summer.
110 to 130 cm: blue water, pinnacles, amberjack, bonito, meagre. Slow to aim and only worth it in visibility to match.

Then the rest:

Barrel: aluminium is standard and fine; carbon is lighter and stiffer for long guns; wood is heavy, stable and traditional. For a first gun, aluminium.
Handle and trigger: the trigger must be crisp, the handle comfortable in a gloved hand, and the safety easy to feel. Try it in the shop with gloves on.
Muzzle: open muzzles show more of the shaft and load faster; closed muzzles hold the shaft steadier and suit beginners.
Bands: one band of 16 to 20 mm on a short gun; two on a long one. More bands means more power and more effort to load.
Rail: a shaft guide along the barrel improves accuracy on long guns and matters little on short ones.
A reel or a float line: see those sheets. A gun without either is a gun you lose with the first good fish.

A gun is a system: barrel, shaft, bands and line have to match. Buying a bare barrel and mixing parts is for later.

03 Fit and sizing

Length is the fit. Stand it against your body: a first gun for Moroccan rock is around 80 to 90 cm. Grip size varies by handle; a hand in a 3 mm glove should close round it easily.

04 Care

Rinse the whole gun in fresh water after every dive, trigger mechanism included, and let it dry in the shade. Salt in the trigger is the usual cause of a misfire. Check the bands for cracks, the wishbone for wear and the line for fraying before every session; replace bands each season whether they look worn or not. Store it unloaded, bands relaxed, out of the sun.

Common mistakes

01 Buying long. A 110 cm gun on a rocky Moroccan point is slow, snags on everything and misses the sar that came in at two metres.
02 Loading on land. Bands are wet, gloves slip, and a shaft released on a beach is a spear thrown at whoever is nearest.
03 Over-banding a short gun. Power beyond what the shaft can carry ruins accuracy and bends shafts.

Safety

A loaded gun is a loaded weapon. Load it in the water, never on the boat or the shore; never point it at anyone; unload it before you climb out; and treat the safety catch as a convenience, not a guarantee. Spearfishing is freediving only: using a speargun with breathing apparatus is illegal everywhere and has no place here.

What to compare

Length: 75 to 90 cm for a first gun on Moroccan rock; longer only for clearer, bluer water.
Barrel: aluminium first; carbon or wood later, for long guns.
Bands: 16 to 20 mm; one on short guns, two on long.
Muzzle: closed for a beginner, open for faster loading.
Trigger: crisp, safety easy to feel in gloves.
Line: a reel or a float line, never neither.

Goes with

This is general guidance for the Moroccan coast, written for divers who hunt here. No brand is recommended and nothing on this page is paid for. If you know better, correct us.