Cressi Cover Purge Button

The cover purge button is the front cover you press to clear your second stage — small, cheap, and the part that makes a scuffed regulator look and feel neglected long before anything is actually wrong with it.

What the cover purge button does

Pressing it pushes the diaphragm down and sends a blast of air through the second stage to clear water out. It takes a surprising amount of abuse: it is the face of the regulator, so it gets dropped onto boat decks, dragged across rock, baked in the sun and gripped by gloved hands. Over time the cover can crack, go brittle or lose its grip texture, and a cracked purge cover is not cosmetic — it changes how evenly the diaphragm is pressed and can make clearing less reliable.

Replacing it is one of the cheapest things you can do for an older regulator. A fresh cover restores firm, predictable purging and makes the whole second stage feel tight again.

Getting the right cover purge button

Purge covers are specific to the second stage they belong to, and Cressi has produced several generations. Rather than guess, tell us which regulator you dive — or send a photo of the second stage — and we will confirm the correct cover before you order. If you would rather not take the regulator apart, bring it to us and we will fit it while you wait.

Buying the cover purge button from Scuba Grabbers

We are an authorised Cressi dealer in Qatar, so this is a genuine Cressi part rather than a pattern copy — which matters on a component that has to seat precisely against the diaphragm.

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