Snorkelling advice - should we bring our gear?

[jamaicarob]

i always bring my own gear, i have dove the reef by boobey cay also the reef straight out from the beach and xtabi, thie feb i am going to try diving at rhodes hall, supposed to be great there, soon come

[Craig123]

I bring my own gear for around the cliffs but alway enjoy the Famous Vincent experience. He supplies gear so if he's all you want, leave your gear at home and save the extra weight in your luggage.

[irieworld]

I always bring my snorkel gear in the mesh bag it came with--it fits me perfectly as it was sized at a pro dive shop. No leaky mask and hours of entertainment. I stuff a few other items in the bag since it is my main carry on-- shorts, swimsuit, change of tshirt, cosmetics etc in case my luggage is delayed. I must say that there have been a few trips out of 15 or so that I didn't use it at all--sand gravity--other spontaneous plans etc but still I didn't regret hauling it along for the trip.

[TizzyATX]

To be honest...I was a bit disappointed in the snorkeling, as I've experienced better. Don't get me wrong, it's lotsa fun to be out there swimming with all the fishies....but from what I understand it's a dead reef? Just dont expect to see a huge variety of interesting sea life. Nonetheless, I enjoyed my time snorkeling along the cliffs....saw some enormous rays, but that was about the extent of that.

I snorkeled around Samsara on my first trip...and found the best time to be morning. Brought my own mask and snorkel and wasn't too worried about fins as the water was calm and I'm a strong swimmer. My last trip I stayed at Catcha but the water was quite rough and I ended up distracted by other activities so I really can't speak for the snorkeling there.

Not to be redundant but It really is a great time out with Vincent....

[STRIPER]

If nothing else, bring your own mask and snorkel. We did the Wild Thing cruise a couple of years ago and the gear that they had was not the greatest.

Last year we did a snorkelling tour with Famous Vincent ..... best snorkelling experience that I've had (not the best reefs, clarity, variety of fish, etc.) but Vincent made it awesome. He actually goes right into the water with you and leads you through the reef pointing out creatures and even diving down to bring up a few for us to check out.P

Rina

I second that,we had a great time with him earlier this month,I joked that Gerry g had made him famous and he assured me he was already famous great guy,his son ls awesome also ,showed my son around they had a great time out there

[Mr. Twister]

To be honest...I was a bit disappointed in the snorkeling, as I've experienced better. Don't get me wrong, it's lotsa fun to be out there swimming with all the fishies....but from what I understand it's a dead reef?

Not dead. Its a reef in recovery and its improved a lot. There are a lot of efforts from various groups that have helped. The reef is improving and gets better every year.

[TizzyATX]

Thanks Mr.Twister, that's really cool and I'm happy to hear it. No doubt I will continue to snorkel around the cliffs and look forward to seeing the growth and improvement. That's very encouraging

[Rhodesresort]

5 mile healthy coral reef just steps from shore. Bring your own snorkeling equipment or rent ours for just $5 USD. 1-876-957-6422

[irieworld]

true it is nothing like Hawaii or Turks and Caicos, but I still love tooling around and checking things out.

[Ktans]

5 mile healthy coral reef just steps from shore. Bring your own snorkeling equipment or rent ours for just $5 USD. 1-876-957-6422

Planning on it!