Community members share their Indian Ocean Islands snorkeling trip reports, suggestions, questions, and answers.
By Remmer I am looking for house reef snorkeling at Mafia Island Tanzania. Mafia Island is south of Zanzibar Island on the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. It looks very interesting for … Read more
By Michele Stark Has anyone snorkeled Chumbe Island Coral Park Zanzibar Island of the coast of Tanzania? What was your experience and how would you rate the snorkeling there? What did you see, etc.? And … Read more
By Meredith Duran I wanted to share that Ellaidhoo has an amazing Maldives house reef, as the snorkeling has been outstanding both times we have been. Ellaidhoo is in North Ari Atoll and is able … Read more
By Kathleen Rapp Does anyone know if there is good snorkeling in Southern Sri Lanka? We’re heading there in December 2025 and are looking for honest information on snorkeling south of Colombo. Places such as … Read more
By Christine Pacione Here are some pictures I took while snorkeling Komandoo Maldives. My husband and I have been visiting the Maldives since 2001. We have stayed at a number of different resorts but our … Read more
By Nik I went snorkeling at Oblu Helengeli Resort in the Maldives in March 2021. I chose this place because: It was named in several ”10 best places to snorkel in the Maldives’’ lists It’s … Read more
By John Robertson I love your website and your regular newsletters but I am surprised you have listed Maldives as “corals not very alive after multiple bleaching events”. It is true that Maldives has suffered … Read more
By Janie – (UK)We are thinking of going on a snorkeling trip to the Seychelles in November 2019, but have heard there is bad coral bleaching. We would really appreciate information as to whether the … Read more
by Romy (London, UK)We just got back from our June 2018 snorkeling trip to the Maldives. We took a gamble on wet season, as it was very cheap! We did have a couple of days … Read more
By Marylene – (Marseille, France)Does anyone know about good snorkeling spots in the Seychelles? We will be there for the whole month of February 2018. We know it’s not the best period but this is … Read more
By Pat – (San Diego, USA)Our 30th Anniversary gave us a reason to splurge on this Maldives snorkeling trip. We booked three different islands at all different price points, as we knew nothing about them … Read more