Snorkeling ideas ??

[Redland]

Culebra (located between Puerto Rico and the USVI) has the best snorkeling in the eastern Caribbean IMO. Beautiful reefs, relaxed vibe and lots of sea life. However I've never been to Belize, looks like fun too.

 

[indyjaco]

hhughes,

Where in st thomas did you snorkel? Anything on St john?

We will be in St John in May.

 

[Silly clownfish]

St. John, USVi has good snorkeling from shore from many of its beaches. This is our favorite for everything on one island and its easy to get to from the east coast via St. thomas. It is definitely worth doing a day trip to snorkel Norman Island, the Caves, and the Indians. Several outifts do this trip from several islands in the VI and then end up at Jost Van Dyke for painkillers at the Soggy Dollar. If you are staying on just one island in the VI, I recommend St. John. Stay in Cruz Bay, we love Garden by the Sea for lodging.

In BVI, Anageda has good snorkling from the north shore, but Anageda is hard to get to.

Caicos (never stayed on Turks) had good snorkeling, but the best was from boat trips.

The out islands of the Bahamas (We've been to Exuma and Eulethera) have some good snorkeling, but I can't recall how much we did from shore.

 

[golferbud101691]

bonaire for sure. Ive been to almost all of the Caribbean and it was the best for what you're talking about. Drive down the road, see a place to park, get out, suit up, and get in. It also has really deep water close by, so while the reef may not be huge, there are tons and tons of fish of all sizes.

 

[teemee]

considerably further than you want to go, but when you're up for a bigger adventure, the snorkelling in front of Two Fish divers in Bunaken, North Sulawesi Indonesia is possibly the best I've seen anywhere in the world, and I've been all over the Indo Pacific. I would spend hours snorkelling between dives, also looking for Dugong (others saw them while I was there, but I wasn't so lucky)-their house reef is phenomenal. Lots of other nice places to snorkel that would be within walking distance if you didn't want to hop on the dive boat, as well.