Help with excursions - 2 older teens

[srsh1]

Will be on Monarch next month - have 2 teens (18 and 16)

Is it better to do snorkeling in Nassau or Coco Cay?

What is Blue Lagoon Island like?

 

Thanks!

[rummenroman]

Snorkeling on coco cay would be the best IMHO. Shallow water for those that aren't the best swimming, lots of fish, with the opportunity to see stingrays, eels, and i have heard of small sharks. If you don't have your own equipment they will rent it to you for fairly cheap.

[bostonbill]

Hi, I'm going in 3 weeks!!! I also have two teenagers.....I rented a private boat to go snorkel, skim board, and tubing...it last about 2.5 hours.....its a flat rate for 3-6 people...I went thru a reseller...Island Marketing....

[Purplefin]

Will be on Monarch next month - have 2 teens (18 and 16)

Is it better to do snorkeling in Nassau or Coco Cay?

 

 

we went on Monarch a few years back- loved it!

I was a little disappointed in the snorkeling by the beach area in CocoCay ( on your own). My 3 kids hadn't ever done it before and we did the jet ski excursion on Coco Cay so we just floated and used masks to snorkel for awhile on our own a little ways out from the beach . It wasn't that great. Little clear fish and a LOT of weeds were all we saw. There was a group further out that seemed to have guides with them and I assume that was the excursion on Coco Cay. I would have thought that they would go somewhere further out to see the fish (hope they saw some) and such. I wouldn't have paid for that but my on your own wasn't great either.

 

I DO recommend the jet ski adventure. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE!!! Younger kids can ride on the back and it was a blast! We rode as fast or as slow as we wanted (at times) behind a guide and went all over the place. My then 10 yr old said it was the best part of the trip and my 16 yr old loved it too. I enjoyed riding full speed over the waves as I laughed hysterically! So much fun