In addition to just snorkeling off the beach in front of our bungalow, we've taken dive boats out to three snorkeling sites, each quite different from each other. These photos are from a barrier reef, about 50-75 feet deep, which is next to a "wall" where the depth changes to 350 feet and then keeps changing until there is a sheer drop off to over a mile deep. We just paddled out to look at the beginning of the wall, which was so amazing to see. There were huge schools of fish hanging out near the bottom of the shallower area right before the drop, and it was awesome to swim with them.
Later we went to a "patch reef," a short patch of reef in quite shallow water. It had many little rock ledges which protected baby fish so they can grow before heading out to the dangers of the barrier reef. The fish here were much smaller and quite colorful.
In general, the water has been less calm than I had expected and I bounce around a lot while floating on the surface of this constantly moving water. I've had to fight off sea sickness at the end of each snorkeling adventure, but it's just temporary and well worth the experience of exploring this amazing underground world.
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