what snorkel fins are better short and wide or long and thin?

Long ones are recommended for Snorkelling and freediving. However, short ones (swim training fins) are fine for pottering around close inshore, and are actually better in confined shallow reefs if there are lots of other people around. It’s very difficult to see where a long one is drifting, and too easy to damage corals, or hit someone else.

I take a pair of each.

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4 Responses to “what snorkel fins are better short and wide or long and thin?”

Mileys C Says:
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:00 am
Short and wide work the best because it catches more water allowing you to go faster.
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Tinga Says:
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:38 am
long and thin make you go faster over a long space, short and fat are better for short distance sprints
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used to be a swim racer
Scott K Says:
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:17 am
Most snorkeling fins and the long and thin variety. The short wide ones are for training.
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Freediver Says:
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:22 am
Long ones are recommended for snorkelling and freediving. However, short ones (swim training fins) are fine for pottering around close inshore, and are actually better in confined shallow reefs if there are lots of other people around. It’s very difficult to see where a long one is drifting, and too easy to damage corals, or hit someone else.

I take a pair of each.
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Experience.

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