Apparatus and method for an improved hand fin

A method for using two hand fins, where each hand fin for use on a hand of a user in water comprising a buoyant blade having a front and rear, bottom and top surfaces, and left and right edges, the bottom surface being concave between the front and rear and concave between the left and right edges, where the blade includes a peripheral lip encircling the blade, and a rocker formed by the blade extending from front to rear where the front of the blade has a tilted up portion and the rear of the blade has a tilted up portion which create a curvature on the bottom of the blade creating lift and reducing the chance that water flows on top of the front of the blade;

• and an internal compartment defined in the blade between the top and bottom surfaces and aligned therewith having a plurality of finger compartments, an opening defined in the top surface toward the rear of the blade, where the hand of the user is inserted through the opening into the plurality of finger compartments of the internal compartment, where the top surface extends only over the finger compartments such that when the hand is inserted into the internal compartment the knuckles and the portion of the fingers from the knuckles to first joints of the hand are exposed and where the plurality of finger compartments is further defined by the blade having a raised section extending into the internal compartment having defined in the blade the plurality of finger compartments for the placement of each finger of the hand into a corresponding one of the plurality of finger compartments and the blade having a shape conforming to each finger of the hand to create a gripping surface in which the hand can be placed in cupped configuration, comprising steps selected from the group consisting of:
• placing one hand fin on the leg in that the concave bottom conforms with the leg to reduce water friction, and placing the other hand fin out in front of the body,
• placing one hand fin on the leg in that the concave bottom faces out away from the leg to increase control, and placing the other hand fin out in front of the body, or
• placing both hand fins in front of the body.

A hand fin for use on a hand of a user in water comprising a buoyant blade having a front and rear, bottom and top surfaces, and left and right edges, the bottom surface being concave between the front and rear and concave between the left and right edges, where the blade includes a peripheral lip encircling the blade, and a rocker formed by the blade extending from front to rear where the front of the blade has a tilted up portion and the rear of the blade has a tilted up portion which create a curvature on the bottom of the blade creating lift and reducing the chance that water flows on top of the front of the blade;

• an internal compartment defined in the blade between the top and bottom surfaces and aligned therewith having a plurality of finger compartments, an opening defined in the top surface toward the rear of the blade, where the hand of the user is inserted through the opening into the plurality of finger compartments of the internal compartment, where the top surface extends only over the finger compartments such that when the hand is inserted into the internal compartment the knuckles and the portion of the fingers from the knuckles to first joints of the hand are exposed;
• where the plurality of finger compartments is further defined by the blade having a raised section extending into the internal compartment having defined in the blade the plurality of finger compartments for the placement of each finger of the hand into a corresponding one of the plurality of finger compartments and the blade having a shape conforming to each finger of the hand to create a gripping surface in which the hand can be placed in a cupped configuration;
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• an adjustable strap aligned with respect to the knuckles to hold hand in place, the adjustable strap being secured to the fin on each side of the hand.