Snorkeling from St. Thomas

[beeandkmon]

The epic is only in st. Thomas from 6am- 2 pm. We’d love to snorkel but a lot of trips I’ve found don’t leave until 10am. We always prefer to book on our own as we hate crowds. We don’t have our own snorkeling equipment and with such a short time I don’t know if I want to do the ferry on our own. Any recommendations for tours that leave early in the morning? 

[Ms411]

Private tours should be able to accommodate. Are you cruising solo?

[Threeplusone]

Looks like we are on same cruise with same issue. Found a snorkel trip that leaves out of sapphire beach at 9am and is three hours. Through viator. Lmk if you need more info to find it.

[beeandkmon]

I emailed st. Thomas adventure tours and they said they could accommodate: https://www.stthomasadventuretours.com

[DKNE]

On 1/6/2024 at 7:12 PM, beeandkmon said:

I emailed st. Thomas adventure tours and they said they could accommodate: https://www.stthomasadventuretours.com

We used this company this past August, and had one of our best tours ever. Our guide was amazing. We snorkelered and saw turtles, stingrays, sea urchins, starfish, so much marine life. We had a ton of fun and they do offer to take photos of you during the snorkeling. We opted to do that and it was $40 and we got over 60 photos!! We were a family of 4 and a other couple. 

BTW are you on Norwegian coming up?

[Ms411]

Beeandkmon, I hope you reserved. They fill up quickly because the groups are small and you're only on island for one day.

[ishap]

Are their tours all just snorkeling from the beach?

[Ms411]

Ishap, are you referring to St Thomas Adventures? They have tours that include kayaking and snorkeling. Other companies offer boat plus snorkeling, but most of those go to same spot as the others.

[NickAndJessicaInMO]

On 1/11/2024 at 10:06 PM, DKNE said:

We used this company this past August, and had one of our best tours ever. Our guide was amazing. We snorkelered and saw turtles, stingrays, sea urchins, starfish, so much marine life. We had a ton of fun and they do offer to take photos of you during the snorkeling. We opted to do that and it was $40 and we got over 60 photos!! We were a family of 4 and a other couple. 

BTW are you on Norwegian coming up?

Looking at booking with them for our cruise in September...what is the transportation to the snorkel beach? Do you know where the tour goes?

[DKNE]

On 8/4/2024 at 11:55 PM, NickAndJessicaInMO said:

Looking at booking with them for our cruise in September...what is the transportation to the snorkel beach? Do you know where the tour goes?

If you book directly on their website, they will pick you up at the port. If you book on your own (example tr*p adv!sor, v!at0r) you would need to cab it to the resort where your guide will meet you. The resort is Emerald Beach Resort, which you can use the facilities, wifi etc, if you wish. The cab ride is less than 5 minutes. ($6 pp per way). The 'secret beach' you go to is Brewers Bay Beach. There are change rooms and shower facilities there. (we used the resort to change while we waited for our guide). You will see a ton of sea life, octopus, turtles, star fish, sting rays, sea urchins, so much more! There were only 6 of us, so it was nice to be in a smaller group. Our guide brought us quite a distant out and he would swim to the bottom and bring up start fish, or conch shells with baby octopus inside them. They also charge $40 for digital photos if you wish. Once we got home, we received well over 75 images of us and the sea life in the images. 

[toras]

On 8/31/2024 at 9:07 AM, DKNE said:

Our guide brought us quite a distant out 

Was there anything to see if we don’t swim out, where we can still stand on the sea floor?

[DKNE]

7 minutes ago, toras said:

Was there anything to see if we don’t swim out, where we can still stand on the sea floor?

Yes you will see some stuff, but the coral and such it would be over your head. There was one gentleman in our group that wasn't a fan of the water and he just stayed near shore. I don't know if you would see the turtles, sting rays etc just by standing in the water. They do provide life vests, and the guide is always ensuring everyone's safety. 

 

If you are not a fan of the water, and want to see sea life, you are best to go to Coral World. It's on the other side of the island and is a little sea aquarium. 

Edited 6 hours ago by DKNE