Best place to buy snorkeling gear?????????

[phlydude]

my understanding is that most only have standards which you have to clear before breathing.

[LostFan#1]

Try Walmart. We bought our sets (without fins) for a very reasonable price (cheaper than Costco and Sam's). Once you have the set home, you can adjust the mask to fit your face and be ready when you snorkel. The sets came with mesh bags to carry everything, and we put water-proof labels inside each bag so that sets (4 in my family) wouldn't get mixed up (after working hard to get the mask to fit just right) after snorkeling.

 

We found we didn't need fins, but they are pretty cheap to rent at the beaches.