Help! 1st Snorkel

[helen haywood]

I know this is a really stupid question, but do the tours provide you with masks et al? I ask because I've seen posts about people buying their own masks...

[cruiser1163]

Yes, they do provide masks, etc. However, sometimes they are not in the best of shape. If this is a one time thing I wouldn't recommend buying your own, but if you plan on doing a lot of snorkeling it could be a good investment to have your own stuff. If you get your own stuff, however, it's more a pain dragging it around with you.

[GloriaF]

Ditto above post. The excursion boats have all the equipment, dumped into a big bin with disinfectant. We usually take our masks and snorkel but use their fins to save room packing.

[SDRR]

If you have a lake, ocean, pool, or other body of water around you that you'd lke to see more in, a mask is a decent investment.

The snorkels themselves are realtively inexpensive.

All told, you can get decent equipment for about $75 per person (without purchasing fins which are a bulky item...)

This time of year may find some equipment on sale at dive shops, depending upon where you live...