Tropical Snorkeling Blog

The Tropical Snorkeling Blog is like a fun notice board about what's new on this site. It...

• lets you know when pages appear on this site about fantastic new snorkel locations we have visited
  
  
• keeps you up-to-date with snorkeling notices and news (like when a new snorkeling camera comes out).

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Snorkeling Hapuna Beach - Middle Coral & Turtles

The main snorkeling for Hapuna may be on the left or right side, but there is a smallish standalone formation right in the middle of the beach that is

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The Humor Under The Water

Over the last several years, my wife and I have been somewhat addicted to underwater photography. We've been to Grand Cayman, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, Belize

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Red Sea Snorkeling Options?

Question: Anybody have experience snorkeling or diving in the Red Sea? Specifically, I am a single female (53yo), traveling alone...where is safe and not

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Florida Snorkeling Beach For A Poor Swimmer?

Hi, I'm hoping to snorkel for the first time in Florida this spring, however, I'm a poor swimmer and I don't have a lot of confidence in the water. Are

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Sony DSC-TX10 with MPK-THK Marine Pack For Snorkeling - Review

First, it's not the cheapest, and definitely not the most expensive. However, I consider this to be the smallest, most portable and best camera for the

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Snorkeling With Whale Sharks - Akumal Mexico

I've gone to Akumal Beach in Mexico. I've heard of a Snorkeling with Whale sharks has anyone tried it? I'm afraid I'd spend a day trip riding around

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Canon S95 vs Olympus E-PL2 For Snorkeling

Hi, I am a semi-pro photographer who uses a Canon 5DII for most everything. I am going to be going on a cruise in a couple of months and I don't want

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FujiFilm Announces Three New Snorkeling Cameras

It's new camera season again. FujiFilm actually announced 30 new cameras in their new 2012 lineup. And three of these are waterproof tough cameras. The XP150 and XP100, are identical cameras, but the XP100 lacks GPS. They both have a 28-140mm equivalent zoom lens, have a 14mp sensor capable of full 1080HD video, are waterproof down to around 33 feet, and are shock proof, and have sensor-shift type image stabilization. And the other new camera is the XP50, which is essentially the same camera as the XP100, but is only waterproof down to around 16 feet, which is plenty deep enough for most snorkelers. Price is not known yet, but the earlier models of these cameras were very affordable.

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Anyone Snorkeled the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef (MBRS)?

I am looking at putting together a trip to the Cancun coast in July to swim with the Whale Sharks and also planning to do some snorkeling on Isla Mujeres

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Night Manta Snorkel - Big Island Hawaii

We also took this trip on the Big Island last September. It was absolutely the most surreal and awesome experience we have ever had!!! If you get to the

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Are Molokini & Lanai Snorkeling Boat Trips Worth It on Maui?

I have your e-book, and it seems that there are lots of sites to snorkel on Maui without getting on a boat. Then there is Molokini and Lanai. Is it really

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Monterey California Snorkeling

Hey! I was just reading your recommendations for snorkeling spots on Kaua'i while I am there for a week. I originally come from the Monterey bay area,

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Kauai Snorkeling Guide - Best Spots & Warning

Check out our Kauai snorkeling guide to find the best spots, and learn why it is a place for caution.

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Daughter needs tough camera superglued to her body!

Our daughter is tough on electronics (breakage and loosing). She needs a camera for marine biology studies in the Bahamas, 1/3/12. I've read your reviews

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Snorkel Gear Sets for Children

We are going to Cancun this month and have been searching for information and products for Children's snorkeling. We have 2 girls, one 8 yr old and the

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New Kauai Snorkeling Guide eBook Released

Hurray! We just finished our new Kauai Snorkeling Guide eBook, and it is now available. We are charging a little less for it than our other eBook guides since Kauai has fewer good snorkel spots. Next, after a short vacation, we are going to update our Kauai and Oahu website pages, and we may also put together an all Hawaii eBook, for folks traveling to more than one island.

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Great snorkeling on Oahu, HI

Aloha, After reading your main Oahu article I couldn't resist and had to post a comment. My husband and I have been to this island a few times now and

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Renting Snorkeling Equipment at Lac Bay - Bonaire?

You suggest in Bonaire going to Lac Bay. We are just there for a day off of a boat and have never been to Bonaire. Lac bay seems exactly like what we

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Snorkeling Bonaire vs St John during Christmas

Is it better to snorkel in Bonaire or St John at Christmas when water temperatures are lower? Where would we see more marine life? Thank you. Ileana

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First Canon S100 Camera Underwater Picture Samples

I am very interested in possibly purchasing the new Canon S100 camera to replace my well used and loved Canon S90, but am waiting to see some of the underwater pictures first. The camera is getting good reviews, but my main concern is how the wider angle lens will work with the new underwater housing. Well, I just found a YouTube videos of what appears to be the first published images from this combination, and I am at this point very happy with the results I am seeing. Once I see a few more examples I think we will be buying two of these with housings for our next trip. Click the link below to see the video.

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Wonderful week snorkeling in Maui 11/18/2011

We just returned from a wonderful week snorkeling in Maui. The eBook was a great help to us. We were able to snorkel four of the top rated beaches that

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Kayak to Klein Bonaire to Snorkel?

My wife and I are planning to take the ferry to Klein Bonare and do the drift snorkel. For some of the other sites on Klein Bonare can you walk to them

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Snorkeling Trip to Bonaire

My wife and I are planning a snorkeling trip to Bonaire in 2012. We planned to go in November or early December. I see that that is the rainy season.

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Snorkeling winter in Kauai, any reassuring thoughts, tips for sure bets?

It's inevitable, I end up in Kauai in the winter. Last time I told myself I would come back in the summer. Didn't happen! I want to make the best of

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Canon D10 Problems For Snorkeling

In Sept. 2010 I bought the Canon D10. Took it to Hawaii, sealed all the ports that might leak. Several days before I left the zoom froze and camera stopped.

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Where To Snorkel in Costa Rica?

We are going on a family trip to Costa Rica next June or July. Does anyone have any experience with snorkeling there? I have read that the north Pacific

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Sint Maarten Snorkeling Report, Oct. 21 through 30, 2011

My wife and I just returned from Sint Maarten, and am sorry to report that the snorkeling is pretty close to worthless. I highly suggest that you strike

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Roatan vs Bonaire Snorkeling

We are planning our Christmas vacation. How would you compare the snorkeling, and the overall vacation experience, in Bonaire versus Roatan? Ileana and

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Two Best Snorkeling Sites In The Caribbean?

Which are in your opinon the top two best snorkeling places in the Caribbean? Are these places better than the Big Island of Hawaii for snorkeling? Thank

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Bonaire - Not What It Used To Be

Prior to the hurricanes in the 90's Bonaire was hands down the best snorkeling anywhere. Went then many times. We were sadly on Bonaire when the first

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See snorkeling themed pumpkin carvings and pick a winner!

We had fun today carving snorkeling themed pumpkins, and we have a little competition going on Facebook to see who's you like best. Click below and let us know.

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Galen & Nicole's Next Trip - Aruba, Curacao & Bonaire

For our next snorkeling trip this spring we are headed to Aruba, Curacao and back to Bonaire for a one month trip. We did not expect to visit Bonaire again so soon, but there are more requests for snorkeling info for Aruba and Curacao (Bonaire's neighbor islands), than anywhere else in the Caribbean. So we will take the opportunity to visit Bonaire again also, to update our guide into a second edition. Many people visit two or three of these islands on one trip, so making guides available for all of them is exciting for us. Of course, one of the deciding factors to also include Bonaire was that we could get $2200 worth of free tickets through our miles program with Continental to Bonaire, but not to Aruba or Curacao. So we will take interisland flights between. We can't wait!

I have no clue, Eel or Snake in Hawaii Snorkeling Picture

I was snorkeling on Oahu's northshore today, happened across this rather defensive creature. Since he was kind of coiled and looking at me, I kept my

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Excellent snorkeling experience - Shark's Cove, Oahu!

We were staying in Waikiki and decided to leave the concrete jungle and hire a car for the day. We took a trip to the North Shore. We came across Shark's

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First really good snorkeling

My wife and I celebrated our 25th anniversary with a 12-day Maui - Kauai trip in early July 2010. We had never snorkeled and took the advice to purchase

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Any comments on "The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes"?

10/1/11 Hi, After another 10 days with a lot of snorkeling (hard to get enough!) & heavy use of John P. Hoover's Hawaii's Fishes: A Guide for Snorkelers

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Kayak Snorkeling Florida Keys

Several of these great sites would be easy to reach by sea kayak, which I snorkel off of. Would this be feasible in terms of etiquette and practicality?

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Snorkeling beside a baby Humpback Whale in the Ha'apai islands, Tonga.

Slipping into the turquoise blue waters of the Ha'apai Islands beside a 50 tonne Humpback Whale and her new born baby has to be one of the best snorkeling

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Snorkeling Bonaire - Not the Virgin Islands, but...

My wife and I have a time share in St. John (USVI), so we have been obligated to go there the last few years. We happened to be there during a hurricane

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So Excited! Our next snorkeling cameras - Canon S100 Announced

Boy, I love Canon. They really listen to their customers. You may already know, but my current and favorite snorkeling camera is the Canon S90 (new version is the S95). Well, Canon just announced the new S100, and while the S95 was a very minor upgrade, the S100 looks like a major upgrade. They have fixed so many little things that I still wanted in the S90. It has a wider and longer zoom lens, from 24-120mm compared to 28mm on the S90. It has a dedicated movie button with full HD. It shoots much faster (this is big for capturing fish and one of my few complaints about the S90). And there are many other valuable updates, like a 12mp cmos censor, a gps, and what looks like a larger battery, and even a new hand grip. And yet it still retains the essence of what I liked about the S90, a fast F2.0 lens, manual controls, and a programmable button for one push white balance adjustements. The camera is to be released some time in November. After I see some reviews we will be getting a couple of these with new underwater cases for me and Nicole. I can't wait!

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