Adventure Travel & Holidays Blog

One of the adventure activities that you can think of is snorkeling; the activity is the same as diving but this one you can only swim at shallow waters. You will be having a dive mask, fins and a snorkel for you to breathe through while underwater, you will be able to see and observe the underwater attractions in the shallow diving sites. Most likely you will find corals and other marine life. Let me share with you the best snorkeling sites around the world.

• Ned’s Beach. You can find this at the Lord Howe Island in Australia; this is 350 miles away in the South Pacific. In this island you will find Ned’s Beach where you can snorkel in its reef. You will be able to see a kingfish on its shallow reef; there are also anemone fish, wrasse, hawksbill turtles and other five hundred tropical marine species in this place.

• Heron Island. This island is located at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia just at the Queensland coast. This is definitely a world class destination when it comes to snorkeling. You will be able to see eagle rays, manta rays, sea turtles and many more. You will be able to witness sea turtles laying their eggs on shore in the months of December to February.

• Jean Michel Cousteau Resort. You can find this resort in Fiji which it shallow waters have plenty of marine life. You will find giant clams, the Tridacna clams, coral reefs, soft coral reefs, clownfish and many others. You can also go to its nearby reef which is the Namena Reef.

• Hanauma Bay. This is located at Oahu, Hawaii. This is also one of the world class snorkeling sites. You will find here shallow yet crystal blue water and you will find 30% of the Hawaiian marine life is here. If you bring food with you most probably you will be surrounded lots of fishes such as the raccoon, threadfin, butterfly fish, and millet seed and so on. Maybe you will also find the reef triggerfish and the state fish.