Just my opinion. It depends whether you have strong or weak legs. If you are weak, I recommend you to take a softer fin. It will not be so taxing on your strength when you kick.

For open heel fins then you'll need a bootie. Make sure the bootie is not covered with too much rubber sole else you'll have problems with your leg floating all the time. This is again if you have weak legs.

If you have strong legs, it's alright to choose a fin that is more rigid that would allow you take control of your speed in the water.


That is a common problem for inflated bcd because the air is behind the diver so it keeps pushing the diver facing the water when surface. It's quite uncomfortable to some divers especially when there's waves on surface.

This post has been edited by lck*G9: Mar 25 2011, 11:34 AM

Alright will put those into consideration. Thanks. Does sealantis only sell scubapro fins?


The key point here is to find a fin that is all rounder/efficient for me but i prefer open heel without bootie. Strong legs or not when you have to swim faster without efficiency i think thats when more air is consumed.

This post has been edited by Proclaimer: Mar 25 2011, 04:33 PM

Sealantis are only authorized distributor for Scubapro so mostly they sell Scubapro product. I think for fins, the shop at Bukit Jalil has wide variety of fins with friendly sales people.

http://www.xtremedivers.com.my/

This post has been edited by Putraskyline: Mar 25 2011, 05:02 PM

Ah, bukit jalil eh. Overlooked that one. Mares x stream looks good. Not bad reviews. But at 500 its maxing my budget to the limit.

Ah that explains it. I always have a problem with my fins floating. I can't seem to put my feet down even when I'm kneeling.
Guess I have to find new booties. Thanks for the info.

Btw, I'm using Atomic Aquatics split-fin (http://www.atomicaquatics.com/splitfins.html).
I find them easy to use as I don't have strong leg muscles. When do frog kick, will speed up quite some distance without much energy.

I bought for quite cheap, around RM350+ during MIDE. Mine was red color so more expensive.

In my opinion, its on depend on you which are more comfortable because at the end of the day , yr safety come first and you need to know yr bcd very well .

yes you are right, an all rounder would be good.

Cressi has the best soft and light fins. I think can get from Diver's Den or even in UFL. There used to be in the Hobby Store as well but I think they closed down the Sunway branch.

sorry if i misquote your gender but it happens a lot to female divers.

just some expensive lesson i learned in the past. my ex female buddy had this similar problem. bought her the open heel seacsub fins along with the high cut bootie. end up too tired to kick and always in the squatting position when idling. then changed to a low cut bootie and cressi fin.

Which cressi fin is she using?
Yea I'm a female diver. I see most of my other diver friends not having a problem with this and they just ask me to put my feet down, in which I find almost impossible to do so.
I'm using high cut bootie as well. So what you are saying is it's better to use a low cut one for my problem right? I don't like closed heel fin as it hurts my feet so I still prefer to go down with booties and open heel fins.

Anyone had contact here? Planning to take my advanced in Redang on 19th - 21th APR 2011. Feel free to PM me, TQ

The best would still be the closed heel fins and i do understand the problem about the usual cuts behind the leg. There are 2 ways if "beauty" is not in your vocabulary while diving
1) Plaster your leg with handyplast before diving. can get some cheap ones from watsons and if you are wearing long wetsuit, it should be able to cover it.
2) Socks to replace your bootie. looks a bit weird but i think it's quite comfortable. i still see many doing it.
But I doubt so because these days the divers are very fashion trendy as well.

If not mistaken I think it was Cressi Reaction. Can't really remember but it was in blue. Sorry not much help but you should test out the fins and see which one is more comfortable for you and try for once not to consider about the fashion part and you'll dive more happily.

finally change the bootie to something with less rubber.

Happy diving

Wa really? haha. I haven't seen divers wearing socks or plastering their leg yet.
I don't think I like the idea of socks soaked in sea water. Lol. Will try to see if I can get any other alternatives for socks.
I'm pretty small size but my legs and arms are slightly longer for my size, so a bit hard to find wetsuits to fit me nicely. Especially the one that I'm wearing now, doesn't cover fully my legs and arms. lol.

Thanks for your advices.

wear a shortie instead or you can go custom made. its quite common in thailand. i think can be ready in few days or a week or something like that.

i ask JB B&J dive centre in johor bahru and ask the instructor the price for OWC around rm 1400 including accommodation anyone here from jb that have take course there, is he a good instructor?

B&J is not bad. The DIs are pro and their price are reasonable. They are based in Salang and ABC, Tioman. The only thing not happy is that you have to carry your own BCD and Tank to the shore and its not a short distance.

really have to carry our tank and bcd wow is that heavy mate, hehe

its heavy and I would say its a good training especially for newbies but not for clients that dive with them. I have knee problem that's why i don't like it

This post has been edited by lck*G9: Mar 29 2011, 04:46 PM

I have to agree on its quite good when doing course but hell no when I pay them for a leisure dive.

Anyone going ADEX fair in Singapore?

This post has been edited by Putraskyline: Mar 29 2011, 08:41 PM

I don't like shorties. Feel like no protection and I scare of cold. Besides, I kena jellyfish once even with my long wetsuit on, kena on my hands and above ankle as wetsuit not able to cover completely. So scared edi, want to cover everything. lol.
I was thinking of going to Hong Kong to custom make one. It seems wetsuits there are much cheaper. I've tried on a few Scubapro wetsuits here and they seem to fit quite well. So maybe nonit to custom make also.

The other dive center that I learnt from also had us to carry our own tanks.
Unless you go 5 star resorts, then mostly nonit.

some jellyfish is dead lol

yeah hk is cheap with custom mades.
you might have known this but just thought of sharing with those who comes in close contact with jellyfish.
you can always use your alternate air source to "blow" the jellyfish away but don't it so often else you'll run out of air

Perhentian and redang does not require students to carry their tanks