Snorkel Fins for Legs
Comfortable Snorkeling Gear
~ shinfin™ Snorkeling Equipment ~

If you are looking for comfortable snorkel fins that don't strain your feet, ankles and calf muscles - snorkel gear that you can walk in - then this page is for you. I offer you the evolutionary benefits of shinfin™ fins for your snorkeling equipment.

Good snorkeling gear should get power from the big muscles in your thighs, buttocks, stomach and torso - the same muscles as streamlined swimming without fins. Your snorkeling equipment should be comfortable and not strain your feet, ankles, Achilles tendons and calf muscles. Good snorkel fins should also minimise disturbance to the marine environment. Your snorkel gear should work for slow snorkeling through to faster snorkeling with a faster kick rate, always with a smooth, efficient and streamlined technique. The better your snorkel technique and equipment, the more you will enjoy snorkeling.

I have designed shinfin™ fins to provide all these snorkeling benefits, and more. They achieve this by connecting power directly to your legs, above your ankle joints. This means that your feet and ankles are free to move naturally (not strained like with foot flippers). Your kick power comes from the correct muscles in your thighs, buttocks, stomach and torso. They help to keep your body horizontal and improve your streamlined kick, stroke efficiency and speed. You can even adjust the fin position on your leg to suit your snorkeling technique. This is why shinfin™ fins are a significant snorkeling equipment evolution above foot flippers.

shinfin™ ~ Safe, comfortable snorkeling fins
~ safer walking, water entry and exit
~ relaxed & comfortable feet and ankles
~ relaxed and comfortable calf muscles
~ no extra strain in Achilles tendons
~ they don't fill with sand and hurt like foot flippers

shinfin™ ~ Adaptable snorkeling equipment
~ one size fits adults and children
~ wear with or without a wetsuit
~ wear with or without lightweight water shoes
~ tough polyurethane fins for long life gear
~ secure, replaceable rubber straps

shinfin™ ~ Environmentally sensitive snorkel gear
~ they don't stick out from your feet like foot flippers
~ they don't flap in the air when you duck dive
~ less surface splashing
~ less disturbance of sand and silt
~ less damage to corals, plants and animals
~ easier to explore shorelines and coral reefs

shinfin™ ~ Streamlined snorkeling kick
~ fin power connects direct to your legs
~ snorkeling power from thighs, buttocks, stomach, torso
~ same muscles as swimming without fins
~ smooth snorkeling kicks - slow or fast kick rate
~ legs stay horizontal, even for slow snorkeling
~ adjust fin angle around leg to match kick direction
~ avoid bent knee "bicycle kick"
~ can combine with foot flippers to increase speed

shinfin™ ~ Snorkeling Fins ~ More from the inventor/designer
We have many happy customers using shinfin™ fins for snorkeling. The fins work well for surface snorkeling, duck diving and snorkeling underwater. They have a comfortable, natural feel - without straining your feet and ankles like foot flippers. They work with a streamlined kick, with your knees fairly straight and power from your thighs, buttocks, stomach and torso. You can do faster shorter kicks or slower longer kicks - whatever you prefer. They don’t kick up as much sand as foot flippers and cause less damage to the marine environment.

The straps adjust so you can wear shinfin™ fins with a wetsuit and/or water shoes. To minimize drag, water shoes should be streamlined and flexible so you can point your toes (no heavy sole or heel areas). Use light, flexible water shoes designed for swimming and beach walking.

Because I have designed shinfin™ fins to match good streamlined kicks for freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, as well as being good snorkel equipment, they also improve your swimming technique (arms too), stroke efficiency and speed. You feel how they help to keep your body horizontal for less drag. You feel how they guide you to kick from your hips, with only a little knee-bend. You feel the power of shinfin™ swimming fins coming from the big muscles in your upper legs, buttocks, stomach and torso. These are same muscles you use for good "no-fins" swimming technique (without straining your feet, ankles and calf muscles like foot flippers). You also feel how they give the correct body balance to support your arm stroke. So you know your snorkeling technique with shinfin™ fins is also strengthening your natural swimming kick. I offer you shinfin™ fins as biomechanically advanced snorkel gear, an evolutionary step up from all foot flippers to improve your snorkeling and your swimming technique.

shinfin™ ~ More snorkeling testimonials


Yes the fins are great. We took them to Thailand and used them for swimming and snorkeling. Once we got used to them, we had a ball. I think they are great. They are also light and easy to pack! I do swimming and snorkeling mainly in summer, about once a week during this time. – Urszula from Wembley Downs, Australia.


I enjoy snorkeling but have a problem with my foot which is aggravated by normal flippers only allowing me to swim for short periods. As shinfin™ fins don’t bend the foot I thought that they would be ideal for me. I first tried them in a local pool and after a few adjustments I was finally swimming in a straight line. I went snorkeling and the shinfin™ fins were perfect, everything I had hoped they would be, great control and maneuverability and best of all no pain in the foot so I was in the water till I turned blue. Many thanks for a great invention. - Bill from Rockingham, Australia.


Hi Marc, last year I purchased two pairs of shinfin™ fins. We went snorkeling at Byron at Xmas. Snorkeling was very rough, too deep, strong current - didn't see a thing... BUT shinfin™ fins were excellent. Despite not being strong swimmers could keep up with rest of strapping young men in rough seas and current. Design meant that my sister with the tender scars on top of both feet did not get sore feet. So were very good and am very happy with them. Going to Vanuatu or Fiji in June this year for some hopefully better snorkeling and will be further delighted with shinfin™ fins I'm sure. Have a great New Year. - Jo from Canberra, Australia.


I think they are great. I left them at home when we went to Lord Howe and I had to use conventional ones. That was when I felt the difference most profoundly. - Michael from Sydney, Australia.