Diving flippers can be categorized into the following main types:
1. Jet Fins: These flippers are known for their powerful propulsion for frog kicks and are well designed for scuba diving. They are usually stiffer, wider and shorter and provide great propulsion for technical divers.
2. Split Fins (Split Flippers): The open center design reduces water resistance for up and down kicking and is very conducive to free kicking, saving energy. These flippers are based on a wide-bodied, short-foiled design with adequate propulsion.
3. Long Fins: Long flippers have webbing blades that are one to one and a half times the width of the foot and no longer than the length of the foot. Long flippers are suitable for diving because they provide better propulsion.
4. Combination flippers: These flippers combine several design features to accommodate different diving needs and kicking styles.
5. Rubber Fin: Rubber flippers are favored for their excellent rebound and some dead weight to help keep the body stable.
6. Plastic Fin: Plastic fins are lightweight and designer, come in a variety of colors and are relatively inexpensive.
7. Composite Fin: Made from a fusion of rubber and plastic, it is highly resilient and has a sense of design, combining the advantages of plastic and rubber. 8.
8. Full-foot fins: These fins have a soft, flexible foot pocket that wraps completely around your foot, making them ideal for traveling and budget divers.
9. Open-heel fins: These flippers leave your heel exposed and have straps to hold your foot in place, providing greater flexibility and protection.
10. Paddle Fins: Standard flippers with flat blades, the simplest design, work like a paddle.
11. Vented Fins: Vents on the bottom of the foot pocket allow water to pass through during the recovery stroke of the kick cycle and prevent water from passing through during the power stroke, increasing efficiency.
12. Channel Fins: These flippers use different materials throughout the blades to allow them to bend freely when used in the water, increasing propulsion.
13. Articulated Fins (Hinged Fins): have a rotating blade that tilts on its own when kicking to optimize the efficiency of the kicking cycle.
Each type of flipper has its own specific uses and benefits, and divers can choose the flippers that best suit their style of diving, their physical strength, and their dive environment.
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