Hi, I have been watching the forum for a while and have found information that is useful to me. I am looking forward to snorkeling from a liveaboard in Cayman's later this year.
I am looking for appropriate fins. I don't have ballerino feet. That is to say, I cannot point my toes to make the top of my foot align with the front of my calf. With my toes pointed to the max the angle between the front of my calf and the bottom of my foot is approximately 50°. Top of foot to calf is about 25°. From photos it appears that most divers' fins align with the fronts of their calfs. So I think am going to need fins with a very large blade angle. I have not found a comparative chart showing the blade angles of fins from various suppliers so I am collecting what information I can and I will have to call manufacturers of fins for which I can't find information online - unless someone knows where I can find that information? The highest blade angle number I have found so far is 22°.
I will also be looking for a freedive computer/watch.
Since my 74 year old eyes see much more with corrective lenses, I am also looking for - but not finding - a low volume mask I can buy with corrective lenses.
Other than those small matters I think I am ready to go skin diving with my scuba mask which has corrective lenses - and my scuba fins. With the fins I need to bend my knees to get decent thrust. That certainly creates significant drag - probably almost enough to offset the efficiency gained with the improved fin angle that I achieve by bending my knees.
I am looking for appropriate fins. I don't have ballerino feet. That is to say, I cannot point my toes to make the top of my foot align with the front of my calf. With my toes pointed to the max the angle between the front of my calf and the bottom of my foot is approximately 50°. Top of foot to calf is about 25°. From photos it appears that most divers' fins align with the fronts of their calfs. So I think am going to need fins with a very large blade angle. I have not found a comparative chart showing the blade angles of fins from various suppliers so I am collecting what information I can and I will have to call manufacturers of fins for which I can't find information online - unless someone knows where I can find that information? The highest blade angle number I have found so far is 22°.
I will also be looking for a freedive computer/watch.
Since my 74 year old eyes see much more with corrective lenses, I am also looking for - but not finding - a low volume mask I can buy with corrective lenses.
Other than those small matters I think I am ready to go skin diving with my scuba mask which has corrective lenses - and my scuba fins. With the fins I need to bend my knees to get decent thrust. That certainly creates significant drag - probably almost enough to offset the efficiency gained with the improved fin angle that I achieve by bending my knees.
