Cressi Palau SAF Short Adjustable Open Heel Fins

I am completely inexperienced with fins, but I used these on a snorkeling trip to a local spring that required them. I think they worked really well! I didn't want to feel hindered by a pair of super long fins, so these were perfect. The fit was pretty good, though I did have to mess with them a little to get them to stay tight once I was in the water. I'm excited to take them with on our next cruise since they're so compact!

You can go barefoot in these fins without hurting your feet, perfect length and great for snorkeling the reefs.

I purchased these fins for a trip to St. Thomas to do some snorkeling. They were great. Fit in the suitcase, lightweight and great when snorkeling. I used these instead of a more expense set of fins that made my toes go to sleep. These were great as you do not need socks or booties to use. No rubbing anywhere and my toes were happy.

I’ve been a scuba diver for nearly 50 years, but gave away all my gear about 10 years ago. I was used to high quality Scuba Pro Jet Fins, but they now cost nearly $300 and didn’t want to purchase new ones.However, my wife and I were planning a trip to the Florida Keys, so I wanted to get some snorkeling gear. I bought a Cressi mask that could accept corrective lenses and these Cressi fins. The mask is okay, but the fins are not. They are very compact, which is good for traveling. But they are also very stiff hard plastic, not soft flexible rubber like on my older fins. The angle and curve of the blade just doesn’t work with my foot-ankle angle while swimming/snorkeling. But the biggest problem is the strap will not stay on my heel. Even using a wetsuit boot doesn’t stop it from slipping off, and I find that I am having to pull the strap back up very frequently.Sorry Cressi, but I can’t recommend.

These worked well as travel fins, even fit in my carryon! They were fine for diving off the boat and snorkeling in moderate water. Of course propulsion was not as good as when using my long fins, but good enough for a day of boat snorkeling.Two drawbacks:1) the clips did seem to loosen a bit, or at least they felt like it, so I paused swimming to tighten them. That was easy enough to do in the water.2) the height of the foot pocket was shallow so I could only wear neoprene dive socks, not my preferred booties. Also anyone with a fleshy foot would probably not fit in the pockets (I have boney feet).

My wife hates wearing fins and she typically has trouble with them. Picked up a pair of these and she loves them. Perfect for snorkeling & scalloping.

I bought these specifically to wear over my dive boots as that's what you do with open heel fins. I bought both my and my spouse a size larger than indicated, my spouse's a size larger than mine. I could not fit my dive boot into either pair. Other than that these fins look to be of good quality and a good length for snorkeling. Don't expect to be able to wear dive boots with these fins. I guess you could wear a sock but that might get uncomfortable.

The most comfortable and long lasting snorkeling gear ever owned.At a good price too