Please, take a snorkel dive flag with you when you go out into the open waters. This cool snorkel dive flag hooks onto your snorkel and shows boaters that you are in the water. What reminded me to tell you about this life saving product?
I just read an article about a snorkeler who was snorkeling in a popular spot in Phuket, Thailand. A speedboat ran the tourist over and dragged him for over a mile before the captain stopped. The guy is fine well not counting the bruises and he did lose his snorkeling mask, snorkel and fins. This gentleman is very lucky!
Full Foot Snorkeling Fins has a foot pocket like a slipper. Most think that it is easy to slip the fins on, and they are right, it is easy. But after you have the fins on, how do you know if they actually fit? SnorkelingOnline.com made a video to show you how to “fit” your new fins. Oh, what is full foot snorkeling fins? The fins include the Cressi Pluma Fins and the popular Oceanic V-6 Fins.
All snorkels, well at least the snorkels we sell at SnorkelingOnline, have a purge on the bottom of them. A purge is a one-way valve, that when you exhale, the water leaked out of the purge.
Here is a great article, Snorkels, Select the Right One that will help you with your snorkel purchase or here is a Comparison Chart. Below is a video from U.S. Divers, showing you how to use a purge on the snorkel.
U.S. Divers Snorkel Mask offers a Pivot-Fit buckle design that is on their more updated snorkel masks such as the Diva Mask, Sideview Mask, Malibu, Admiral Snorkel Mask and the Grande Vista Purge Snorkeling Mask.
The Pivot-Fit buckle on the snorkel mask is a one hand easy to “pinch & pull” design. The pivoting buckle allows you to fine turn the positioning of the mask strap.
Short Adjustable Fins (SAF) or Long Adjustable Fins (LAF)? Choosing your fins without the “touch or feel” or even trying them on, sometimes can be difficult. But today with the power of video, you get to see what the staff of SnorkelingOnline.com has to say about the Cressi Palau SAF Fins and the popular Cressi Palau LAF Fins.
I will give you a hint of what our reviews were… the Oceanic Ultra Dry Snorkel got AAA+++ and the National Geographic Bonefish Dry Snorkel received a grade of… well you have to watch the video to see what we said.
The snorkel mask sometimes offer a purge in some of their style masks, like the Oceanic Mako 1 Purge Snorkeling Mask. Most snorkeler will ask, what is a purge? A purge is a one-way release valve that well, will release the water that has leaked in the mask.
Now my opinion, I seriously do not think it is needed for a snorkeler because being able to use the purge, you need to be in a vertical position and most snorkelers are always in a horizontal position they usually just release the water. If you are a scuba diver or wannabee diver, sure, go for the purge snorkel mask. But just remember that the purge valve is a thin piece of plastic and can easily break and not be replaced.
Here is a video that will show you what & how a purge is on a snorkel mask.
Please, take a snorkel dive flag with you when you go out into the open waters. This cool snorkel dive flag hooks onto your snorkel and shows boaters that you are in the water. What reminded me to tell you about this life saving product?
