Have you ever lost a Fin?

[Scuba Brad]

I must admit this is a bit embarrasing to say.......but yes I lost a fin. So now I have ONE Tusa Large Colbalt Blue fin. I don't go far but can do circles just fine. My kids call me "lefty".

Ok so here is the question: Have you EVER lost a fin? And what does one do with ONE fin? Was it a Tusa open heel?

Second to Lastly, if you have one leg I can cut you a great deal on a fin. Lastly, if you have also lost a Tusa Large Colbalt Blue fin...........lets hook up and form a buddy diving club. The One Fin Club.

Ok now tell me your story.................

(What is even more embarrassing is that we sell Scuba Gear!)

Happy Diving

 

[freediver]

Was it your left fin or your right fin?

 

[mels_2]

well i lost a fin during my OW testing...... we had done all the mask clearing, buddy breathing fun stuff (lol) was having some issues with my boyouncy control was trying to kick my self down having a hell of a time finally got back down all of a sudden my instructor is grabbing my foot and putting his fin on my foot.....he made us all surface and we (my husband and i ) had to walk back to the beach since he was only using 1 fin (we were under long enough to have it count as our dive) oh what fun that was........our next dive mission was to find my fin..........which we did.....so I luckily still have 2 fins.

 

[spectrum]

Buy one? I don't think so. Look at it this way, buy a new pair and you'll have a spare fin in case.....

Actually my wife lost one in the surf while getting in for a skin-dive, whoosh, gone. I went back early the next day more just for a skin-dive than to find the fin. I went out and back as planned. On the way back I decided to cross the cove and out of the corner of my eye there it was!

Meanwhile I went to the LDS and they gave me a nice break on a replacement pair that gladly never got used and was returned with gratitude. Another score for the LDS.

Pete

 

[cdtgray]

I have never lost a fin, but I definitely forgot a pair once. I was headed out on a boat dive in Lake Ontario as part of an AOW class I was teaching. Perhaps I was a bit too tied up in making sure the students had their things that I forgot my own. Reached the dive site, realized I didn't have my fins. I told my DM, 'sorry man, but you're going to have to sit this one out because I need your fins.' Bought that guy a few beers after that.

 

[ckharlan66]

Yep, Left one on a wreck in the Mackanaw Straits up in Michigan. We were boarding the boat after a dive to about 100ft and I dropped it getting on the boat (closed ladder). I had emptied all my tanks and was full of bubbles anyway so I had to wave goodbye to it as we headed back to shore without even looking for it.

I miss that Turtle.

Chad

 

[Scuba Brad]

I wish I could buy just one.......I've tried and I'm even their dealer. The answer was "buy another pair". I love Tusa......so I shouldn't complain.

Happy Diving

 

[kidspot]

buy a second pair, and hold onto the remaining one for when you lose another one

Actually I did lose a fin once... 5 days Later I found it on the beach, it had washed up on shore finally... so glad I had not thrown the old one away.

Aloha, Tim

 

[vel525]

I haven't lost a fin yet (knock on wood) but one dive the divemaster went into the water before us to hook the boat to the moaring line (i think that's what it's called) and a couple minutes went by and she came up with only one fin. there was a strong current and apparently one of her buckels came undone. during the dive i tried looking for it but couldn't find it.

 

[CIBDiving]

Yep - and it sucked!

We were at monestary beach, monterey. My buddy was from that area originaly so I let him take the lead. I don't know if I didn't get the strap on all the way or what but we waded out into a pretty good (even for monestery beach) surf and started to time our 'entry' well my buddy yelled "NOW!" and so we dove for the Oversized swell and what I hadn't realized was I was about 3 - 4 ft behind him. Anyhow he made it into the swell -I landed on the sand with a 120 ft3 bottle on my back ;-) and then got the full force of that silly swell. I didn't want that to happen again so I started kicking like a salmon trying to get up stream in the shallows - only to have nothing on my left foot!

I got the snot beat out of me getting turned around and crawlling out. If you have never dove monestery beach you just can't understand that 'crawl'. Once out, all I could do is sit there and watch the ocean show me the fin every couple of minutes, I'm sure it was just to p!$$ me off even more.