Snorkeling, what better way to see the spectacular underwater marine life if you are not yet ready to step into the world of diving. Gliding through the water with your fins, mask & snorkel viewing the beautiful corals & other marine life.
First off, let’s get down to the basics. What is snorkeling? The dictionary defines snorkeling as the practice of swimming on or underwater water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and fins.
The snorkeling equipment allows you to swim while breathing with your face and body submerged underwater. Unlike scuba diving though, you are confined to staying on the surface (unless you are taught to skin dive – but we will talk about this in a different blog) as you don’t want your snorkel to fill up with water.
A snorkeling trip with Scuba Junkie KK starts early in the morning at Jesselton point where you meet our friendly team. The destination is decided on the morning of your activity but it will be a few sites within the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine park. Your day is designed to give you plenty of time in the water exploring three different spots around TARP as well as some time to relax on the flawless white sandy beaches & enjoy the ocean view.
The boat ride will take around 15-20 minutes. Upon reaching the island, everything is prepared for you & all you have to do is jump into the crystal blue ocean!
Depending on numbers, our snorkelers will either join our dive boats or have their own dedicated snorkeling boat, either way our staff will be on hand to help you with safety advice, tips on the best places to snorkel as well as helping you identify a variety of marine life.
Two morning trips which are around 45 minutes to 1 hour are followed by a relaxing lunch on one of the Islands, while enjoying the tropical paradise. The third and final trip of the day takes place after everyone has had enough time to digest lunch, usually around 2pm. After the third trip our speedboats safely shuttle you back to Kota Kinabalu, while you enjoy the views of the Islands and Mt. Kinabalu while discussing the marvels that you have just seen with buddies and our team.
We have a great variety of sites which are amazing for snorkeling, popular ones being Eel Garden, Gaya & The Rock, Mamutik which are known for seeing Black tip Reef Sharks in the shallows, don’t worry though they are super chilled and just swim pass not even noticing you are there! Fish Feeding & Coral Garden around Sapi Island along with South Sulug are great sites known for seeing schools of Barracuda, bigeye snapper, turtles & lots of Clownfish in anemones, all shallow enough for snorkelers to enjoy!
If you are inspired by this post to try snorkeling, let us know!
