I am slowly getting my gear together and the first thing that i bought was my size 14 flippers. They were cheap and nasty but now that I am getting together my equipment I am finding it time to look at some fins. Any advice on what i should be looking at, i.e. length and flex and any thing else that I may have to take into account.

Cheers and thanks for your help.

I use Ray Powell DiveR fins in medium stiffness, find them to be great for shallow shore dives and deeper boat diving. Fairly expensive but worth every cent i reckon.

Mate, generally there are 3 types of fin construction, there are also kevlar and other types, but I won't get into that.

1. plastic
These are the cheapest type and you get what you pay for, my first real freedive fins were Picasso blackteams, they have a lifetime warranty so you can take comfort knowing they never die.

The next step up is fiberglass, a lot of the time when u buy these fins, you may just purchase the blades and have to buy the pockets separately and sometimes a kit to attach them.

Many people are loving the Aussie made DiveR blades, and from what I hear, if ur a medium sort of swimmer/size bloke.. medium works.
You could go on forever about technical details, but do a little research ask other divers, try a couple pairs if you can!

3rd are carbon fiber blades.. again generally more expensive but are lighter and meant to provide even better performance.

Hope I haven't confused you.

My final 2c is do some research, figure out your budget, take care of your gear, and enjoy your diving!

Shannon

Thanks, can anyone point me in the direction of some good dive shops around mordialloc. I know of one in Mentone and one near BCF on Springvale road. Maybe a stupid question but when buying socks do I then need to buy a bigger fin?


Cheers

Ild recommend traveling that little bit further and going to legendary in Brunswick as they have everything I could need and they have the knowledge to answer any questions u have

Thanks Watto, will try and get over there for a look.

Cheers