Description
Apeks RK3 Diving Fin – Great For Drysuit Divers
The Apeks RK3 Diving Fins are vented, “jet fin” styled fin with an oversized foot pocket that makes them ideal for drysuit diving. The RK3 fins also feature a stainless steel spring strap to make it easy to get them on and off.
The Apeks RK3 is a rugged fin made with thermoplastic rubber and is available in four sizes: Small, Medium, Large and Super.
The RK3 spring straps are easy to replace and are available here
Apeks specifically avoided giving the RK3 fin a shoe size range as this can be very misleading! Rock boots and drysuit boots vary greatly in their physical size and also the amount of thermal socks a diver wears.
The environment that an RK3 is used in will tend to dictate the size of fin that you need, for example do you dive in a warm environment wearing wetsuit boots, or are you walking across pebbled beaches and wearing a drysuit and rigid dry boots? Both forms of footwear may be a size 9, but will take up different amounts of space in the fin foot pocket.
Apeks RK3 Fins – Features
- Based on one of the first vented rubber fins sold in North America and popular among military and professional divers.
- Compact, and ultra-rugged for use in harsh environments.
- Improved foot pocket with spring straps for ease of use with cold hands or thick gloves.
- The design has been the standard gear issue fin for military, special ops, coast guard and public safety divers for decades.
- Short wide blade provides maximum forward thrust while maintaining great manoeuvrability.
- Vented blade design reduces resistance on the upstroke and enhances thrust on the downstroke.
- The vents also eliminate vortexes that can occur along the back of the blade much in the same way split fins eliminate the vortex.
- The blade material designed to hold up in the toughest environments, temperatures and abuse.
- Two large grommet holes designed to fit most karabiners for easy storage of the fins while accessing the dive site.
- Spring straps as standard.
- Custom designed buckle holds spring straps in optimum position.
- Simple push pin design allows simple replacement of springs if necessary.