Help with all-rounder fin choice

[divad]

Best deal on fins I ever got.

 

[CapnBloodbeard]

Deep6 eddy fins or my personal favorite, the Zeagle Recon, very comfortable and effective in SF gulf stream currents.....

Deep 6 aren't available in Australia - and shipping would cost as much as the fins

 

[Swedinsidemount]

Deep 6 aren't available in Australia - and shipping would cost as much as the fins

understood, then the Zeagle recon or the Sherwood triton, I have dove before in AUS and I would say those fins would work superbly there...

 

[Pressurehead]

Deep 6 aren't available in Australia - and shipping would cost as much as the fins

I read in an early post you now have Mares Excite fins [good choice], but if you are after a shorter fin , the Apeks RK3 are good, use them diving the [scuttled] wreck near me, tighter area.
So my go to fins are : Mares Excite Pro for general rec diving, Apek RK3 as above, and Aqualung Storm, warm water diving.

 

[CapnBloodbeard]

I read in an early post you now have Mares Excite fins [good choice], but if you are after a shorter fin , the Apeks RK3 are good, use them diving the [scuttled] wreck near me, tighter area.
So my go to fins are : Mares Excite Pro for general rec diving, Apek RK3 as above, and Aqualung Storm, warm water diving.
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I don't plan on doing penetration diving so it should be okay...but sometimes I still wish for something smaller anyway.

Why do you use different fins for warm water?

 

[Pressurehead]

Why do you use different fins for warm water?

Weight, size and used barefoot or with 2 or 3mm socks with the Aqualung Storm, good travel fins for the tropics.
which is a long way from Melbourne.

 

[CapnBloodbeard]

Weight, size and used barefoot or with 2 or 3mm socks with the Aqualung Storm, good travel fins for the tropics.
which is a long way from Melbourne.

Most of my diving has been in the South Pacific.
Only had my first Melbourne dive over Easter

 

[Paul M]

A couple of years ago, Bryan of Lake Hickory Scuba did a good 'in pool' fin comparison using flutter and frog kicks.

Kick count comparison over length of pool...

Video

 

[Pressurehead]

Most of my diving has been in the South Pacific.

A little off topic:
The South Pacific is a BIG place, where did you do manage to dive in the last year or so? I had trouble just going to the southern end of the GBR.

 

[CapnBloodbeard]

A little off topic:
The South Pacific is a BIG place, where did you do manage to dive in the last year or so? I had trouble just going to the southern end of the GBR.

Until Easter, my last dive was Komodo National Park, Indonesia - Christmas 2019. Nothing during lockdown.

We have 2 liveaboards booked in GBR in October, fingers crossed