Are you helpless without fins?

[Teamcasa]

OK, my fins don't slap around, the do not get in the way.

Said the guy diving in Hawaii

 

[fnfalman]

Actually, it is. I have both fins off and over my wrists in a few seconds. That's faster than I can hand one fin to the deck hand.



My fins hanging from my wrists do not encumber me while climbing the ladder.



When I climb that ladder, my fins aren't going to be slapping around and getting in the way. I've dived from boats like that and from boats with even higher decks. It's a non-issue.

Good for you. I'm still going to "risk my life support system" by handing my fins off to the deck hands.

 

[Thalassamania]

Hawaii's where I live now, and where I have lived for the last two and half years.

 

[Mike Boswell]

I think some of our differences of opinion about putting fins on our wrists may have to do with where we dive. Almost everybody I know uses dry gloves, and dry gloves have rings that may preclude being able to slide the fin well up onto the wrist. I know this was part of my problem, trying to climb the ladder in Monterey. My fins were hanging from about the base of my thumbs, and they were definitely in the way. If I were diving wet, or with no gloves, I think it'd be a lot easier.

Putting my fins (with spring straps) on my wrists with no gloves at all is a really tight fit.

 

[Thalassamania]

What this entire conversation about Fins on Wrist or Not (a new one ... FOWN?) goes to show is that it depends on the gear and the person. I have no problem Fins On Wrist, I don't clip to my rig or my weightbelt because I often take those off and leave them clipped to a line. Even with my old Viking Dry Gloves FOW works fine ... for me.

 

[LeadTurn_SD]

Putting my fins (with spring straps) on my wrists with no gloves at all is a really tight fit.

Mike, that's 'cuz you eat all that spinach (and catch Ulu'a like the one in your picture) and have those humongous "Popeye" forearms

I use Jets with spring straps, and yeah, it is a tad "squeezie" to get my forearms through.... in my case if I'm climbing up low lava on shore dives + surge I slide them up fairly high so my wrists are unencumbered and I can climb..... maybe I just need a "dive sherpa" to hand them to, pass me towel and drink.....

Best wishes.

 

[Scott L]

Good for you. I'm still going to "risk my life support system" by handing my fins off to the deck hands.

Utilizing split fins you are sort of accustomed to going nowhere fast anyway.

 

[SangP]

That seems to be more trouble than handing up your fins.

Really, what's the issue? Keeping your fins with you so that on the very rare occurrence where you fall off a boat ladder AND someone on deck refuses to hand you your fins OR you are unable to propel yourself close enough to grab a line or the ladder , but you would be able to put you fins back on, swim back to the boat and try again?

How often does that really happen? It seems to me by the strong opinions expressed that some of you need a course in ladder ascension more than a fin bracelet.

Been there done it... putting my fins back on in the water is real easy. Getting back onto the boat in choppy seas can be difficult. Returning from a dive in Perth when the wind acts up is a pain.

I was providing some information n unless you're reading something else on my post you're the one with the strong opinion.

SangP

 

[fnfalman]

Putting my fins (with spring straps) on my wrists with no gloves at all is a really tight fit.

Consider that I wear my compass and dive computers on the back of my hands, I'd dare say that it's nigh impossible for me to put the fin straps around my wrists.

Of course, I should just re-gear my diving configuration that is second nature to me now so that I can wear the fins; oops, I mean life support system, around my wrist while climbing onto a boat.

 

[fnfalman]

Utilizing split fins you are sort of accustomed to going nowhere fast anyway.

Only if you don't know how to operate the split fins.

It's never the equipment, but always the operator.