suit and fins color, does it matter ?

[chillyinCanada]

My gear is quite the mismash of color. Over the years have had a few friends make smart remarks about nothing matching. I always reply by saying "I've come to dive, not to go to a fashion show."

If matching is important to you, then go ahead. I had yellow on a couple of my wetsuits over the years. Sharks didn't seem anymore curious than usual. If, on the other hand, the fins you prefer for diving, don't match your mask etc., and that makes you uncomfortable . . .then matching would seem to be important for you.

 

[kelemvor]

Do you prefer to look like James Bond or Ronald McDonald?

Grandpa bond and a guy I wouldn't trust around my kids are our only choices?

 

[Searcaigh]

The Navy quit using yellow life jackets after finding out that sharks like the yum yum yellow color.

Mythbusters proved this a few years ago too using dummy divers with different coloured fins.

Personally I like yellow fins as already mentioned it helps to track other divers (e.g. my daughter) when in poor visibility, and I really want to get some close ups of sharks

 

[Oldbear]

Mythbusters proved this a few years ago too using dummy divers with different coloured fins.

Personally I like yellow fins as already mentioned it helps to track other divers (e.g. my daughter) when in poor visibility, and I really want to get some close ups of sharks

[video=youtube;nmt5gF1fqZo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmt5gF1fqZo[/video]

Yum-Yum Yellow

 

[Divescape]

Our 7 gill sharks defiantly like yellow fins more than other colors.

 

[Ahmed Yahya]

so yum yum yellow is no no. i guess i'll keep my blue fins afterall

 

[Oldbear]

I had an Open Water Student a few weeks back who loved her yellow fins, but was scared of seeing a shark. Somethings you just do not tell your students when they are first getting into the water.

 

[WarrenZ]

I'm still diving my yum yum yellow fins nothing wrong with them.

 

[Goodtime Adventures]

I dive mainly in Asia. I used to get a lot of interest from Titan Trigger fish when I wore my old yellow fins. When they broke I replaced them with black (just because they were in stock, no particular preference) and I noticed a dramatic decrease as a result. I'd still buy another pair of yellows though, it kept things interesting

 

[Zeagle Eagle]

I always thought fish were color blind; so why, do they go after me when I wear my yellow fins?