Ginger86 Posted November 23, 2004 #1 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Out of all these places, which place do you recommend as the best place to snorkel in? Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas Philipsburg St Maarten St John's, Antigua Castries, St Lucia Bridgetown, Barbados Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger86 Posted November 26, 2004 Author #2 Share Posted November 26, 2004 does ANYONE know?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geobugs Posted November 26, 2004 #3 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Where you looking to pay $100pp and snorkel off a catamarand? If not, beach snorkling that I know of: Barbados: Folkstone Marine park, 7 out of 10. $25r/t taxi St. Lucia: Anse Chastenet, 8.5 out of 10. $60 r/t taxi Antigua: Long Bay Beach, 7 out of 10. $40 r/t taxi Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea_breaze Posted December 30, 2004 #4 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Barbados- Ship snorkel here. Wouldn't recommend it ST Maartin- Reef Snorkel @ Grand Case(French Side). This was OK. ST Thomas- Heard there is some really good snorkeling here. We are going to take ferry over to ST Johns and snorkel @ Trunk Bay in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummer Posted December 31, 2004 #5 Share Posted December 31, 2004 We did Long Bay in Antigua, Anse Chastenet in St. Lucia and Trunk Bay on St. John's (from St. Thomas) I highly recommend all three! Our taxi driver in St Lucia was not thrilled about driving us to Anse Chastenet because it is back a rough road. If you have enough time in port you may want to arrange a boat to get you there as the roads in St. Lucia are a bit treacherous (narrow, winding, high, filled with animals, people and passing cars - YIKS!)(Check out Anse C. on-line because they do have water transportation there.) Long Bay had shallow water, Anse was deep, Trunk Bay (and Hawks Nest ? Maybe?) had mixed depths. All were excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkel Dawg Posted October 7, 2007 #6 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Where you looking to pay $100pp and snorkel off a catamarand? If not, beach snorkling that I know of: Barbados: Folkstone Marine park, 7 out of 10. $25r/t taxi St. Lucia: Anse Chastenet, 8.5 out of 10. $60 r/t taxi Antigua: Long Bay Beach, 7 out of 10. $40 r/t taxi Does that help? I'll second that vote Hoosier. Did you happen to meet "The King" while on Long Bay Beach? If you did you'll know what I mean...lol This place is ***** Maybe my favorite snorkeling beach, Long Bay Beach in Antiqua! Make sure to take your own gear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC & BABE Posted November 26, 2007 #7 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Anything On St Johns Was Great Snorkel And Would Try To Ferry Across From St Thomas. Trunk Bay Was Great But So Are Other Beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minoushka Posted December 17, 2007 #8 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I really like Coki beach in St Thomas Snorkel right from the beach You can even feed the fish In Grand Cayman take captain Marvin's tour to Stingray and Coral gardens FUN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncboatdrvr Posted December 18, 2007 #9 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Coki in St. Thomas is nice, usually many fish. You may also want to try Sapphire Beach in St. Thomas. It is not far from Coki, and tends to have less people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmith55 Posted December 18, 2007 #10 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I am an avid snorkeler but I have been disappointed a few times by the winds and weather. You can make plans that seem just right but if the weather doesn't cooperate you might not be able to snorkel as planned. For example, I had it planned to go to a great snorkel spot on Roatan. But when we got to the island it was pouring down rain and wind making it hopeless to try to snorkel. This November I was in St thomas with a rental car. The weather seemed very nice but a bit windy. I first went to Sapphire bay....but the wind had whipped the waves up big time and the snorkeling visibility was extremely bad. So I went to Koki beach....but same thing, no snorkeling. I was almost ready to give up when I remembered a place I had been to 30 years ago on the other side of St Thomas. Secret Harbor. So we tried there and VOILA, it was very calm and perfect for snorkeling. We had a great time. So the moral of the story is to plan to snorkel at several spots and hope that the weather cooperates because any one spot can bomb out. Stay flexible if you can and if you can't snorkel in one spot, try another. By the way my vote goes to St John for the best snorkeling. Best of Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncboatdrvr Posted December 20, 2007 #11 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Good advice and absolutely correct by Rsmith. If you can determine which direction the wind is coming from, and pick a beach on the leeward side of the island (where wind is blowing from land out towards water), it will usually be a little calmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTffx Posted February 14, 2008 #12 Share Posted February 14, 2008 We went to Buck Island for snorkeling when we were in St. Thomas and it was awesome - Antigua was beautiful as well and snorkeled around with some beautiful turtles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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