CocoCay Snorkel area

[DaveG99]

Im a very experienced snorkeler / diver. I spear fish (wont be doing that here obviously) and am very comfortable in deep water. Can I snorkel out where I put the red X? Seems like the deeper area beyond those rocks would hold the best fish and coral. it looks like they have a lifeguard stand way out there.

 

 

 

 

[hcat]

sorry I do not have the answer but those are great photos--

I was asking on another thread if we could snorkel on our own & if he water in Dec would be too cold

[Pellaz]

Im a very experienced snorkeler / diver. I spear fish (wont be doing that here obviously) and am very comfortable in deep water. Can I snorkel out where I put the red X? Seems like the deeper area beyond those rocks would hold the best fish and coral. it looks like they have a lifeguard stand way out there.

 

Yes you can, if the seas aren't too high. When I was there (Oct. 2010) the seas were high and that area was initially closed, but they subsided and it was opened an hour or two after I got in the water.

I'm a decent but not professional snorkeler and diver, so I kept to the area to the left (in the top photo) where they have submerged some objects (small planes, cannons etc.) and there were a LOT of fish, especially near the far lifeguard station. Not coincidentally, that's where they feed 'em. :)

[pickler1]

I was there last August and the lifeguard told me that if I was a strong swimmer I could go out there where the red X is. He said there was more coral out there.