Do my buddy's split fins kick up a lot of silt?

[RJP]

You be the judge...

I may have helped... just a little.

:shocked2:

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[NAM001]

non splits can kick up more.

 

[TMHeimer]

When I dive solo with my splits and hunt shells, nose to the sand, with very negative legs and fins, I kick up a Hell of a lot of everything, but who cares? Come time for classes, I am not right on the bottom and pay a lot more attention to my kicking, at times going to the frog kick--I keep my buoyancy neutral to avoid kicking up stuff, and to set an example. I usually "bring up the rear" anyway.

 

[flyin01]

No.....I can still see him.

 

[Patoux01]

When I dive solo with my splits and hunt shells, nose to the sand, with very negative legs and fins, I kick up a Hell of a lot of everything, but who cares? Come time for classes, I am not right on the bottom and pay a lot more attention to my kicking, at times going to the frog kick--I keep my buoyancy neutral to avoid kicking up stuff, and to set an example. I usually "bring up the rear" anyway.

Seeing this is the basic discussions, I feel like you're being serious here. Please tell me you're not?

 

[RJP]

No.....I can still see him.

Thats me

 

[diverman2013]

Split fins are of the devil. Keep diving them and your fate is sealed. Hahaha I had to.


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[Storker]

Split fins are of the devil. Keep diving them and your fate is sealed.

So, what you're saying is that he's going to die?

 

[TMHeimer]

Seeing this is the basic discussions, I feel like you're being serious here. Please tell me you're not?

Well, we're talking about kicking up silt and/or sand, not coral that grows 1 inch every 10 years. Yes, I'm serious. Part of your highlight was "who cares?". There's nobody around me anywhere, either in the North Atlantic or N. Gulf or Mexico in Winter. Why would anyone behind/near me care? My post is for the real world, not the ideal one where lots dive together in the tropics. A while back I was advised by experienced instructors not to completely avoid the "solo" diving question from OW students, just be reasonable. More reality. It also has nothing to do with the neutral buoyancy we teach in the OW course (some good changes from PADI in the new course). People dive solo. People collect shells (live ones too). As you say, this is "Basic Discussions"--people should be exposed to reality. Not sure I would post what I did in the New Diver Forum--maybe.

Will admit, I don't like it when I have to return to exit and avoid any mess I've made.

 

[tursiops]

Well, we're talking about kicking up silt and/or sand, not coral that grows 1 inch every 10 years. Yes, I'm serious. Part of your highlight was "who cares?". There's nobody around me anywhere, either in the North Atlantic of N. Gulf of Mexico in Winter. Why would anyone behind/near me care? My post is for the real world, not the ideal one where lots dive together in the tropics. It also has nothing to do with neutral buoyancy as we teach in the OW course (some good changes from PADI in the new course). People dive solo. People collect shells.

But if you kick up sand near the coral, and it settles on the coral, the coral can get smothered. Do you care?

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