snorkeling in Nassau

[mango madness]

Anybody have experience with the Expedia Shore excursions for Sail and Snorkel Cruise in Nassau? Please feel free to offer suggestions of other snorkeling experiences with independent providers. Leaving in a couple weeks from Port Canaveral on the Carnival Dream.

[Stevesan]

Stuart cove offers an excellent snorkel experience.

An extract from my review:

 

Nassau: “Snorkel Bahamas Adventure” is a 5-½ hour trip operated by Stuart’s Cove. On a previous excursion I went on the impressive Athol Island snorkel. This Stuart’s Cove outing surpassed all of my previous experiences, including Athol Island. The boat trip is @ three hours, and visits Schoolhouse Reef, the spectacular Golden Key Reef and finally a “swim with the sharks” at ‘The Wreck of the Bahama Mama’. I have never before witnessed such a number and variety of fish as at Golden Key. There are never-ending fish, large and small, singly and in large schools. The floor is decorated with huge, magnificent coral formations of all shapes and sizes. While there, a shark cruised past our group. He obviously thought this was his ocean and didn’t know, nor care, that we weren’t scheduled for a shark encounter until after Golden Key. Surprisingly, getting in with a dozen or so sharks is not frightening. I suspect we were too caught up with their grace and magnificence to be scared. The crew drops a bait bucket on the bottom, about fifteen to twenty feet deep. We float above them, watching the sharks feed. Best of all is when we return to the boat. A crew member baits the end of a metal pole holding it in the air over the aft end. The sharks leap up to grab the treat. It's amazing how graceful they are. The sharks, not the crew members.

This is a five star, gold medallion trip!

[mango madness]

Problem is we only have 8:30 -2:00pm in Nassau. Don't think that'd be enough time to do the stuart'scove excursion.

[getupgo]

I've always used Stuarts Cove and an very disappointed that our arrival and departure will be a problem. I found Sawhorse Sail &Snorkel that leaves at 9 and returns at 1 pm, but it is $60 which is more than Stuarts.

 

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[getupgo]

That was Seahorse Sail & Snork we

 

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