Many people think that it is not important to wears fins on their snorkeling experiences, but in this post we do explain why fins are a mandatory component of a proper snorkeling? Fins are definitely important and vital for a real snorkeling or diving experience, fins allow divers and snorkelers move efficiently in the water without over-exerting and actually safer by giving a bit buoyancy to divers & snorkelers to stay floating efficiently in the water, especially giving power to overcome current and wavy water in the current. All snorkelers & divers are recommended to use fins for an enjoyable and safe water adventure.
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Fins give you more power than just your bared foot
Inspiration can come from an almost limitless supply of natural sources and human to use biomimicry as a concept in a wide range of industries and literally translates as the mimicry of life, inspired by many animals in the wild. And it is also true in the field of snorkeling and diving. By watching sea creatures like fish, eels, crabs… swim in the water with their own fins, human find that we can move efficiently in either deep or shallow water. For thousands of year, fishman crafted their own fins to use for fishing and diving to catch fish and clam…, the surface area of the fin helps exerting more force and thrust in the water with each kick and save much energy. Nowadays, developers have applied these physics to the field of diving and snorkeling, which allow snorkelers and divers to swim safely for extended periods without getting tired. Fins are a mandatory component of a proper snorkeling or diving because they allow you to move more efficiently not because they allow you to move faster.
Snorkeling & Diving fins can save your life
Rather than continuously moving your legs, fins help snorkelers & divers to save energy, move efficient, get more buoyancy which are all about safety. Fins give your foot extra of buoyancy which is vital for a proper snorkeling when you want to relax you can stay floating easily on the surface with the help of snorkel and fin. You dont have to do water treading or standing with breaststroke kick at all time which wears down your strength horribly.
Regardless of how strong a swimmer you are, swimming in the open water in general or the ocean in particular is completely not like in a swimming pool, the ocean can toss you around like a rag doll in a rip current or freak wave. At snorkeling sites or coral reef won’t have neatly defined shallow and deep ends because of the geographical terrain and environmental protection thereby likely won’t be an area snorkelers or divers can stand in at all, so buoyancy control skill is very important or vital for snorkeling and diving in general and fins give you this power.
With the fins it is also easier to change or move oriently in current or wavy water.
Frog kick is useful for beginners to use fin
If flutter kick is hard to get used to the fins at the beginning so frog kick a the best choice.
Many people make the mistake of believing that fins are all about power and speed, but that’s not true. The biggest advantage fins give you is buoyancy, control and safety.
For many people, for the first times of using fin, you may find fin is quite stiff or a lot of resistance when moving legs up and down with flutter kick then want to take it off to move the foots at more easy. But for your safety we recommend you to keep using fins in the open water and you can use frog kick technique which give you more control and safety in a rip current or freak wave when exploring coral reefs. It can say that frog kicking is the most efficient kicking technique to use as a new snorkeler by far.
With frog kick both your legs move together in a wide “clap” that displaces the water between your fins out behind you.
Professional Fins for proper and enjoyable Snorkeling & Diving
After a time of using fins for snorkeling & diving, you won’t feel safety when jumping into the open water without fin.
In Phu Quoc, we have high-quality and professional fin options with high-quality brand (Gull Japan, IST, Mares…) for scuba diving, snorkeling, free-diving which carter all levels and for sure they are indispensable for safe and enjoyable Snorkeling and Diving experiences. You can make a visit to our office to see (map).