Papeete & Moorea snorkeling shore excursions

[Bako Cruise Dude]

We'll be on the the 26-day Grand Princess repositioning cruise from Sydney to San Francisco in April 2024. We're pumped that we finally get to do this after several cancellations. We've booked two snorkeling shore excursions: one is the Lagoon Sail & Snorkel Tour (Papeete) & the other is the Moorea Sail by Catamaran. We were wondering if anyone has done either of these excursions and whether or not they supply fins & any type of swimming vest when snorkeling. That isn't mentioned in the shore excursion descriptions. Thanks for your help!

[chrysalis]

We did the Moorea Sail last November....and yes, they supply fins and vest. I should warn you however, that the snorkeling area is a long swim from where the boat anchors, and the current was very strong the day we were there.

[Arizona Wildcat]

Suggest you check out the ports forum and your roll call.

Any tour operator doing snorkeling will supply fins, mask and vest.  Sometimes they are not the best.

[dog]

Not answer to this, but we had two exceptional excursions: Bruno, Marc.

Go to ports of call forum.  You will have a great cruise!

[Bako Cruise Dude]

5 hours ago, chrysalis said:

We did the Moorea Sail last November....and yes, they supply fins and vest. I should warn you however, that the snorkeling area is a long swim from where the boat anchors, and the current was very strong the day we were there.

Thanks so much for the information. It's good to know about this ahead of time!

[Bako Cruise Dude]

5 hours ago, Arizona Wildcat said:

Suggest you check out the ports forum and your roll call.

Any tour operator doing snorkeling will supply fins, mask and vest.  Sometimes they are not the best.

Good to know! Yes, we've received some moderate quality equipment on occasion when snorkeling in the Caribbean. 

[Kabuki12]

On 3/20/2024 at 11:22 AM, chrysalis said:

We did the Moorea Sail last November....and yes, they supply fins and vest. I should warn you however, that the snorkeling area is a long swim from where the boat anchors, and the current was very strong the day we were there.

Were you on the Catamaran Taboo?  I have booked that one for Moorea and don't like the idea of very strong currents.  Safety first.

[Centsless_Cruiser]

We can second the comments on Moorea snorkeling especially about the current.  Our last 28 day cruise in Feb 2020 was one of the best and worst ever!  The catamaran ride was an absolute blast but the snorkeling was extremely dangerous due to the current.  Our catamaran actually dragged anchor in the current and came within a few feet of crushing a smaller sailboat before they got it under control.