Zoomers Fins | Monofins | Freediving Fins

A monofins is typically used in free-diving, but is also great for swimming in fins! It usually have a single large flat surface with footpockets for your feet. Think of it as a tail of a fish, which is made to imitated the fishes movement as well as maintain the streamline to allow faster swimming.

Monofins is originated from the USSR during 1972, from a fin swimming club that is in the current Ukraine. It is said that the maximum speed that can come from these fins are about 12km/hour or 7.5miles/hour.

The usual materials you can find related to these fins are glass carbon or carbon fibre,  depending on the user’s swimming style and muscle’s power, different size and shape of monofins are needed.

Monofins are best used to streamline your body while swimming because the usage of a monofins should means that the user will be locking their hands, leg together to create the perfect body shape to easily cut through the water and resistance.

One popular monofin movement is call the dolphin kick, which is the movement that transfer the raw power of the swimmer from their hips and legs by no bending any of these parts during the movement.

Why the monofins is great for free diving is because it allows the user to preserve a lot of energy when resurfacing from their diving. The monofins can generate a huge amount of front thrust without needing to physically exert too much effort.

When deciding on a monofins, make sure you understand what the different sizes, materials the fins are made off and what it can do for your swimming efforts. Therefore you have to know whether you’re buying the fins for primarily swimming or free diving. The differences in size can be crucial in the way you swim, therefore have a good grasp of your own swimming movement before you decide on anything.

You can easily find a lot of information on the various type of monofins being offered in the market by doing a quick search online, this way you can also see the different type of materials involved, as well as allow you to find the best bargain and deals available online. Some of the more popular monofins makers are Zoomers fins, Waterway, Finisinc.

If you’re only a leisure diver, you generally do not use monofins, instead you should be considering split fins or swimming fins, with the design that is more conventional and generally have two different piece of fins that makes up a diving fins.