A supervisor's comment about my fin kicks changed my whole dive setup

Last month I was doing a salvage job off the coast of Galveston and my supervisor pulled me aside after a morning dive. He said my frog kicks were stirring up too much silt near the line, making it hard for the tender to see my position. I had been doing the standard flutter kick for 6 years and never thought twice about it. He showed me a slower glide technique where you keep your knees bent and ankles loose, took about 3 dives to get it right. Now I use it on every low-vis job, especially around shipwrecks with tight spaces. Anyone else get similar feedback on their kick style from an older diver, and did it stick with you long term?

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nancyg141mo ago

That old school diver advice hits different when it saves you from a headache. Had a similar thing happen years ago, a guy showed me how to keep my fins low and slow and I fought it for a week before it clicked. Now I cant even go back to the fast kick, it feels wrong in tight spots.

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