Hi everyone. I need some info about these fins. Ive been spearfishing for a long time with scuba fins (30 to 50 feet) and I want to go deeper (60 to 80) so I need good fins. I still want to have the benefits of the boots because I dont have a boat so I walk the shoreline. Questions : Are these good, strong? Compare to close heel freediving and to scuba fins what is the difference in thrust ? (example: close heel 100% / riffe open 80% / scuba 50%).
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riffe open heel fins
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I'm not sure if you are the same guy I replied to on Spearboard. If so, excuse the repetition.
I can't give you a percentage, but the difference in thrust between closed heel and open heel is significant, and every bit counts.
I can't give you a percentage, but the difference in thrust between closed heel and open heel is significant, and every bit counts.
I know a few divers that worked 50' + in water using open heel fins, like the old Cressi Gara. You could also get some Xlarge fin keepers to tighten up the foot to pocket slack. A tight fitting sole type boot sized to the foot pocket also works. I actually like strap type long fins for big surf entries as I can secure them better than closed foot types when I get hammered by big shore brakes at night.
Cheers, Don Paul
That's the thing I miss.
But I solved it by not beach diving any more.
I just had tacos last night from a fish that I can harvest after work
with a fart gun. Just hoping your red tide stays below Abb point.
I miss working on my boat but the kids baseball has been a hoot.
Bill are you Scotch or Irish?
Cheers, Don Paul
Yes, one of those.
I really don't know which. When my wife and I rode our bicycles around the coast of Northern Ireland, we saw the name on stores. But of course the Brits colonized Northern Ireland with Scots, so that might explain it.
Anyway, we could see Scotland across the channel on a clear day, so I guess it wouldn't be surprising if the name belonged on both sides.
And to you.
My wife is Irish for sure. Her maiden name is Friel, and they come from the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal. We went looking for her roots and found a parish church with a hand written record of births and deaths that was full of Friels. And then the old priest directed us to a little church out next to a windswept bay. We rode our bikes out there and half the headstones in the little cemetery were Friels.