Questions about Ultimate Snorkel tour/HAL

[potsie57]

We are sailing on the Nieuw Amsterdam with Holland America in Jan. I am looking at the Ultimate Snorkeling Tour on Grand Turk. This tour has two snorkeling stops, does anyone know for sure if one of these stops is at the "wall"??? thanks.

[vmom]

We did the ultimate snorkel about 3 years ago and it did have a stop at the wall, but its been a few years.

[lvz2cruz]

The description does not say it goes to the wall.

Our son has diabetes and most HALsnorkeling excursions do not allow him to go. This one has no such exclusion so I am thinking it might be shallow and tame at both stops.

[ykang86]

I'd also love to hear from anyone who has done the Ultimate Snorkeling excursion through HAL recently. I booked this excursion for my upcoming cruise but now I'm wondering if I should book a Snorkel Only Trip (goes to "the wall") with Blue Water Divers instead. TIA!

[potsie57]

I wrote to Oasis Divers who do the tours for the cruise ships asking if the Ultimate Snorkeling tour goes to the wall, here is their reply:

It depends on the wind that day. If it's possible we do

one stop on the wall, but if the wind is such that it's

too choppy, we can't.

[Putterdude]

That was our experience January with Oasis but we were able to do the Wall. The year before we did it with Blue Water Divers and they gave us the option to go to the Wall or not and we decided to go. Frankly I have not found snorkeling at the Wall great other than the thrill of swimming out over it.