The long fins for spear fishing and free diving, are they good for general scuba?

[Texasguy]

I am curious if that kind of long fins have pros and cons for general scuba use. I see them frequently used by free divers and spear-fish hunters.

What are pro and cons to them?

Here is an example of the kind of fins I am talking about:

 

[supergaijin]

Pros: swim very fast/against current.

Cons: Buggers to travel with, buggers to put on in a small boat, buggers to manouveur around delicate reef, buggers to transport on/off boats, buggers to buy $$ etc.

Pro?/Con? You get to kick a lot of people in the head.

I like them

 

[DevonDiver]

If you spend the majority of your scuba dives travelling fast in a straight line.... go for it.

 

[Nemrod]

They are commonly used in high current areas like the Florida Gold Coast.

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[Texasguy]

Any downside to using them in a lake?

 

[bamafan]

Just don't do a giant stride in them as they will break just in front of the foot pocket. Backroll in or do a backwards giant stride. They work great other than that.