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Im sorry , I find it so much easier ( safer) to enter with my fins in hand and put them on while in the water. Does anybody else do this? Im just tired of tripping all over the boat.
I don't like to walk with fins on, or swim without them. But I do like to have them on my feet before I step, roll, fall or am pushed off the boat. Still, I can slip them on in the water easily (having spring straps) if I need to.
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Yup ... I have friends who step off the boat with fins in hand and put them on in the water. Mine are Turtle fins with spring straps, and if I dropped one, it'll be on the bottom long before I could retrieve it ... and with local vis, that might mean no dive and a new pair of fins.
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I think everyone would prefer to put their fins on in the water rather than do the funny walk on the boat...but when drift diving it's simply not practical.
I've always thought you should be good to go when you hit the water. If there is any swell or current you want to get down, not spend time on the surface putting on fins.
I've always thought you should be good to go when you hit the water. If there is any swell or current you want to get down, not spend time on the surface putting on fins.
I agree, on top of tempting the klutz factor I have sometimes needed propulsion from the get go to remain in control due to currents.
I want to be ready to go when I hit the water. Most boats I've been on there's been no need to wander all over the boat wearing fins, generally put them on right before you jump/backroll/whatever.
If I'm coming down a ladder at the lake, sometimes I will put my fins on in the water, but I've never been on a dive boat that will allow you to do that.
I agree with Spectrum. Current is sometimes hard to judge without a good reference. With a strong current, you might find yourself 50 ft behind the boat. Then you have to kill yourself to get to anchor line on the bow.
Sometimes, I'll even run a line off the bow past the stern just to make it easier in a rough surface current.
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