A few days back Michael pondered snorkeling in his VFF Sprints on the forum. Lo and behold I got a few photos from Naree who has used his Five Finger Sprints to go scuba diving on trips to both the Bonaire islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Here’s what Naree had to say:
I’ve been wearing Vibrams for a little over a year now, and recently discovered that you can even go scuba diving with them (sprints work best, because the strap provides a little cushion for the top of your foot when wearing finds). Here are some photos to prove it – the underwater one is from our trip to Turks & Caicos, the second one is the first day I tried them on with the fins (I was sitting on my NYC fire escape) and the third is from a trip to Bonaire.
Good to know that VFF Sprints work well with scuba fins! Thanks for sharing with the VFF fan community!
5 replies on “Naree combines Vibram Five Finger Sprints with Scuba Fins”
What kind of fins are those? I’m looking for a small set for traveling. Please e-mail me if possible: [email protected]
Do you have any experience using these VFF for cold water scuba? I’m nervous that they won’t be warm enough.
please let me know what brand of fins because I need to purchase some to wear with my five toes
those are force fins darling 😉
I’ve been diving with VFF Flows for two years now. I had bought them originally to work out and run with but found them too stiff. (I now have a pair of Bikila LSs for that.)
I brought the Flows along on a dive trip and found them to be the BEST dive booties I’ve ever used. I wear them with a pair of Scubapro Twin Jet split fins. The improved control and feel I have over my fins is what makes a difference over conventional booties. The optimal split fin technique is a higher frequency, lower amplitude flutter kick and the VFFs are perfect for this.
You need to select fins with the appropriate foot pocket size for your VFFs: I wear a 44 Flow, and this, as well as conventional 3mm booties works with a Medium in the Twin Jets. Definitely take your VFFs to the dive shop and try out fin sizes since there can be a lot of variation between manufacturers.
I have used the Flows down to about 79F water with no problems with cold. You have less protection with VFFs and I still have a coral sting scar ring on one ankle from diving in Cozumel a month ago.
Bottom line: the Flows are my preferred bootie and since I only dive warmer waters (for now) cold is not a problem.