Caribbean Snorkeling – Explore Life Beneath the Waves
If there’s one adventure that most people living in North America or Europe cannot enjoy on their home turf, it’s snorkeling in warm clear water! So, while you’re vacationing in the islands, take advantage of the opportunity that Caribbean snorkeling offers – Explore an underwater world that you just can’t do at home. Slip into the invitingly warm Caribbean Sea and explore clear blue waters full of diverse coral, sponges, fans and colourful tropical fish – It’s a unique wild world unlike anything you can experience on land… After a few hot days under the tropical sun, it’s good to know that snorkeling is also one of the few activities you can do in the Caribbean without working up a sweat 😉
The Caribbean has a number of different islands featuring a variety of snorkeling experiences. Some have reefs you can snorkel right off the beach, while many offer reefs and wrecks to explore after a short boat ride. Some islands even feature underwater art, stingrays or bubbling waters from volcanic cracks on the sea floor. You choose the adventure… For your best Caribbean snorkeling experience, follow the highlighted links below to get our island-specific snorkeling site information as well as tour / boat operators to get you in the water.
The Best Caribbean Islands for Snorkeling include:
- Bonaire
- Cayman Islands
- Belize
- Saint Lucia
- US Virgin Islands (St. John & St. Croix / Buck Island)
- Grenada
- Barbados
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Dominica
- British Virgin Islands (Virgin Gorda & Jost Van Dyke)
- Puerto Rico
- Grenadines
- Bahamas
- Jamaica
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- Antigua
When planning your underwater adventure in the Caribbean, there are many factors that could influence your travel decisions… Everyone’s priorities are different – Considerations for choosing a Caribbean snorkeling or diving vacation include:
- The number of desirable sites (reefs / wrecks etc…) per island
- Site characteristics:
- Water depth, visibility and calmness (protective reefs)
- Availability and variety of corals and fish
- Type of access – Via beach or boat
- The ease (cost) of getting to each island
- Other things (other than snorkeling) to do on each island
Find the information you need to make an informed decision, here on the pages of Active Caribbean Travel…
If you like what you see here, but want to go deeper… Check out our Caribbean Diving page
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