No mask strap and no fin straps

I had an interesting dive guide on Mactan Island, he got around underwater with half foot fins, no booties and no fin straps to hold his fins in place.

He just used water pressure to hold his mask in place as he had no mask strap. Easy enough entering the water, he just held the mask in place and then let go of it once below the surface. To be fair, they never went far from the dive shop, it was mostly close diving.

Interestingly, many years ago I did two dives when a client I was guiding broke a mask strap once we were already in the water after entering the water from a long pier. Too difficult to get spares at that point with the whole group in the water so I just swapped masks for the two dives.

My dive guide on the other hand began every dive without a mask strap, more a gimmick than anything as every dive shop has spare mask straps as they are a cheap item. This was a relatively small operation but they had a number of decent size banca boats to choose from.