Enjoy unlimited snorkeling fun on our Paradise snorkeling adventures. Take our shuttle through the crystal caribbean waters out to the second largest reef in the world. The Great Mayan Reef!
Here you can enjoy as many guided snorkel tours as you like and see thousands of different species of fish. Our guides will expertly take you through the nooks and special areas until you have seen the hardest to find and most beautiful species.
Cancun also has many sites ideal for snorkeling. Perhaps the best IS at chitales, just five minutes from CORAL BEACH MARINA. The water is very shallow, and the fish are plentiful. You can face to face with great big fish. Other excellent snorkeling spots are Cuevenos, northeast of Punta Cancun, El Bajito, north of Punta Cancun, and Chintales, northwest of Punta Cancun. The Nizuc Reef can also be snorkeled further out by dive boat. Many of the snorkeling tours head over to Isla Mujeras as well. Tavos Reef, Manchones Reef, and Manchones Xico are excellent sites that must be reached by boat, but there are sites such as El Garrafon and Lighthouse that offer wonderful snorkeling directly from shore.
Snorkeling Tips:
1. Clean your mask before snorkeling by wetting it, then spitting into it and spreading the saliva around with your fingers. Then rinse out the mask. This is a useful tip to prevent the mask from fogging up.
2. Make sure that your hair is not trapped under the seal of the mask. This will cause the mask to leak.
3. If water gets into the breathing tube, blow sharply through the tube to expel it.
4. If water gets inside the mask, breathe in through the snorkel and out through your nose while pressing the top of the mask against your forehead.
5. Always snorkel with a partner.
6. When diving down, pop your ears by holding your nose and gently trying to blow out through it. Swallowing can also help your ears to pop. Make sure to do this gently or it can rupture your ears!
7. You can buy mask, fins, and snorkel at home at Costco, Wal-Mart, or the like for a good price, and be ready to go when you get to vacation! This will also help to ensure that you get good fitting equipment that won't leak.
8. Most hotels and dive shops rent snorkeling gear for around $5 to 10 dolars per day.
9. Remember, sandy beaches are great for sunning yourself, but rotten for snorkeling. Stick to the coral and the rocks and you'll see much more sea life. |
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