Fins for BIG feet
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David Wilson
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If you are considering getting traditional rubber full-foot fins, which can be good enough for "swimming around" as well as economical (see My favourite kit - Pete Atkinson - Divernet), there are several models available in very large sizes. Three months ago I posted the following Scubaboard thread:
Extreme sizing: simple rubber snorkelling fins for people with tiny or huge feet
In this posting I wrote: "The pièce de résistance among giant-sized fins is Eyeline's Malaysia-made range of blue and orange full-foots, available beyond US 15 in no fewer than three sizes: EUR 49-51 (US 16-17), EUR 51-53 (US 17-18) and EUR 53-55 (US 19-20)."
Eyeline publishes a very informative table of measurements for its fins:
Your foot length of 11 inches is approximately 28 cm, so the larger sizes should accommodate your needs.
Why don't all fin distributors provide measurement tables like this? It's simply not good enough in this era of online retailing to quote just a size range instead of giving precise measurements of maximum foot pocket length and width. Too many full-foot fins run small or large for their stated sizes. I've posted messages about this in the Scuba Manufacturers forum here on Scubaboard, sadly without any response being forthcoming.
Extreme sizing: simple rubber snorkelling fins for people with tiny or huge feet
In this posting I wrote: "The pièce de résistance among giant-sized fins is Eyeline's Malaysia-made range of blue and orange full-foots, available beyond US 15 in no fewer than three sizes: EUR 49-51 (US 16-17), EUR 51-53 (US 17-18) and EUR 53-55 (US 19-20)."
Eyeline publishes a very informative table of measurements for its fins:
Your foot length of 11 inches is approximately 28 cm, so the larger sizes should accommodate your needs.
Why don't all fin distributors provide measurement tables like this? It's simply not good enough in this era of online retailing to quote just a size range instead of giving precise measurements of maximum foot pocket length and width. Too many full-foot fins run small or large for their stated sizes. I've posted messages about this in the Scuba Manufacturers forum here on Scubaboard, sadly without any response being forthcoming.
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