by:Daniel Browning
You may think the most important piece of a scuba diver�s equipment would be the oxygen tank, but the scuba diving flippers are very important also. First of all, the scuba diving flippers allow you to move around in the water without much effort, they allow you to move quickly in case you find yourself in danger, or in case you have to get to the surface more quickly, and they also leave your arms free to do other things, such as collect objects from the ocean floor or whatever else you may need your hands to do while scuba diving. So you see, without scuba diving flippers, scuba diving would be very difficult and you�d be too exhausted to enjoy it much anyways.
Make Sure They Fit
Before you even get into the water, make sure your scuba diving flippers are on and make sure they fit snugly. You don�t want them coming off once you�re in the water. You�ll not only have a hard time getting them back on again but you�ll also find that scuba diving is very difficult without them. Just try moving around in the water without your scuba diving flippers.
Scuba diving flippers are wide and flat, and thus move you through the water without as much effort. This allows you to move quickly, either away from a large fish or shark, or to the surface if you happen to need air. Scuba diving flippers make it so that you can just kick your legs to move through the water. This makes it so that you don�t have to use your arms as much. Your hands are thus free to do whatever it is you�d like to do once underwater, such as take pictures with a scuba diving camera.
When you are underwater, kicking your legs to move through the water using your scuba diving flippers, you�ll find that you don�t expend as much energy as you would if you didn�t wear the flippers. This makes scuba diving a relaxing and enjoyable experience. If you had to kick and wave your arms to swim, as you would without flippers, you�d find that lugging that tank around on your back would sap your energy, thus making scuba diving an exhaustive exercise.
Now that you know the importance of scuba diving flippers, and how much fun diving is with them on your feet, make sure you get a solid pair, make sure they fit correctly, and make sure you know how to use them before you even get into the water. A good scuba diving class will give you all the knowledge you need to use your scuba diving flippers as well as all the other equipment you�ll be using once you�re under the water surface.
