Size 14 Uk fins

[Scuba G]

Hi, Im looking to source a closed heel fin in a size 14 Uk, Im finding that 13 is the biggest, would nayone know of any places that may source or even make them? Any help is much appreciated

 

[devondave]

14? You sure you even need any fins?
Sorry thats not very helpful, Cressi do a size 13.5, don't know if thats big enough.
Like you say, the others only seem to do 13.
Good luck with the search.

Regards,
Dave.

 

[Scuba G]

I suppose I could tape the blades on?:t Ill take a look at the Cressi ones and see if I could squeeze my bargeboat feet in with 3mm socks cheers!

 

[DRW]

Hi, Im looking to source a closed heel fin in a size 14 Uk, Im finding that 13 is the biggest, would nayone know of any places that may source or even make them? Any help is much appreciated

The picture above shows Pete Atkinson, an Australian professional underwater photographer. In an article entitled "My favourite kit" at
My favourite kit - Pete Atkinson - Divernet
he says the following about his choice of fins: "I currently use the best fins I have ever used, but no dive store in Cairns will stock them, as they aren't profitable enough. They are orange and blue, Malaysian rubber fins by Eyeline, available from a local sports shop for £20. From new, I could snorkel for a couple of hours without any hint of blisters. They are stiff enough that I can push a Seacam housing around all day. For the diving I do, such full-foot fins are by far the best. Manufacturers continue to dream up fancy expensive gimmicks to extract more money from us. I'll concede that a few of these might actually be useful but, offhand, I can't think of any."

The orange and blue full-foot fins Pete is grasping in his photograph are Eyeline Floating Dive Fins. The bad news is that they're only sold in the USA and Australia, the good news is that you can get them in either US size 16-17 or US 17-18, which will be around UK 15-16 or UK 16-17, so bigger than what you need:

ALLSWIM.COM - Training Aids - Leggs & Feet
A few years ago I ordered a pair of these fins from the American online retailer WBH Swim. I remember them arriving here in the UK quite quickly. International shipping will be expensive, of course, perhaps more than what the fins themselves cost.

Hope this helps to solve the problem.

 

[Scuba G]

Really appreciate all the info on these, they look really cool, I should have mentioned I need a freediving or spearfishing fin, but Im sold on this too add to my dive stash anyway!

The picture above shows Pete Atkinson, an Australian professional underwater photographer. In an article entitled "My favourite kit" at
My favourite kit - Pete Atkinson - Divernet
he says the following about his choice of fins: "I currently use the best fins I have ever used, but no dive store in Cairns will stock them, as they aren't profitable enough. They are orange and blue, Malaysian rubber fins by Eyeline, available from a local sports shop for £20. From new, I could snorkel for a couple of hours without any hint of blisters. They are stiff enough that I can push a Seacam housing around all day. For the diving I do, such full-foot fins are by far the best. Manufacturers continue to dream up fancy expensive gimmicks to extract more money from us. I'll concede that a few of these might actually be useful but, offhand, I can't think of any."

The orange and blue full-foot fins Pete is grasping in his photograph are Eyeline Floating Dive Fins. The bad news is that they're only sold in the USA and Australia, the good news is that you can get them in either US size 16-17 or US 17-18, which will be around UK 15-16 or UK 16-17, so bigger than what you need:

ALLSWIM.COM - Training Aids - Leggs & Feet
A few years ago I ordered a pair of these fins from the American online retailer WBH Swim. I remember them arriving here in the UK quite quickly. International shipping will be expensive, of course, perhaps more than what the fins themselves cost.

Hope this helps to solve the problem.

 

[DRW]

http://forums.deeperblue.com/bi-fins/80665-those-big-feet.html

The above forum thread discusses how the installation of eyelets and shoe laces in freediving fin foot pockets helps some freedivers with larger feet.

 

[Scuba G]

That looks like it will do the trick nicely! Thanks alot for that post, and to everyone, even Devondave

 

[apeogre]

that's fantastic! I think I'm going to have to do that to my Cressi's. Scuba G, I purchased the Cressi Gara 3000's yesterday. I immediately went straight to the beach for a solid 3.5 hours of freediving and hunting. I was wearing 1.5mm sock and they were a bit tight. I never got any blisters or sores, but they did get a little sore after the first 30 min of swimming around. This only lasted for about 10 min. For the next 3 hours they didn't bother me one bit. I wear a 15 in UK sizes.

 

[DRW]

The Ukrainian rubber company Kievguma manufactures one of its fin models, Akvanavt Shark, with foot pockets already fitted with eyelets and laces:

 

[Scuba G]

cheers for that info!