Costa Linda snorkeling - fun and relax for you and your family
Good visibility, several shallow reefs, and a couple of wrecks give snorkelers an array of options. All sites are on the southern, or leeward, coast. Slightly north of Palm Beach, Catalina Bay and Arashi Reef feature brain and star coral, sea fans, parrotfish, angelfish, and an occasional octopus; the 400-foot Antilla shipwreck is impossible to miss. De Palm Slope, off De Palm Island, features magnificent coral as well. Snuba -- Though not affording you the freedom and excitement of scuba, this technology allows you to breathe while descending up to 6.1m (20 ft.) by way of a regulator tethered to a floating tank of compressed air. No experience is necessary; most of the catamaran tours allow passengers the option either before or during the trip to sign up and give it a whirl. On DePalm Island, you can also try Sea Trek, where you don a diving helmet and weighted boots and explore the sea floor; though you won't see much coral, you will see a submerged bus and plane, and can sit for a photo-op at a submerged cafe table. For those who like toys, grab a motorized jet pack and try Power Snorkel; just hold on to your swimsuit with one hand, the jet pack with the other, and pray you don't wind up in Venezuela! Southwest of Malmok Reef, the mangled midsection is all that remains of the Pedernales, an American flat-bottomed oil tanker torpedoed by a German submarine in 1942. Cabins, washbasins, lavatories, toilets, and pipelines are scattered about for easy viewing. The bow and stern were hauled back to the United States, refitted with a new hull, and used to transport troops for the Normandy invasion. Chunks of the hull, supports, and cross beams litter the sandy bottom. The wreckage attracts caesar grunts, squirrelfish, trumpet fish, groupers, parrotfish, angelfish, silversides, and yellowtail snappers. Keep an eye open for snake eels and spotted eagle rays, too. White tunicates and orange cup corals coat the metal undersides. At a depth of only 6 to 9m (20-30 ft.), the Pedernales is popular with novice divers and snorkelers. Off the coast of Oranjestad, Harbor Reef features an abundance of hard and soft coral formations, including giant brain coral and orange, black, and blue sponges. Nearby, the aging pilot boat wreck is encrusted with sponges and brain, star, and sheet coral. The queen angels, parrotfish, and Spanish hogfish bathe the 11m (36-ft.) vessel in fiesta colors, while a barracuda and a pair of green morays keep divers alert. You may also spot the occasional stingray or spotted eagle ray.
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