Need snorkeling advice

[Porter Rockwell]

Planning on doing some snorkeling in the keys. I have some cheap Walmart snorkeling sets, they seem to work well. For those of you that have experience, are these cheap US Diver sets from Walmart good enough for ocean use? Is there a dramatic difference in more expensive sets? Any recommendations?

 

[Plinker66]

If you can hold the mask on your face with your own suction and no strap that is good enough for flat water use. In choppy water you want a valve on the snorkel, so you don’t catch a wave down the snorkel.

Mostly, You gotta get a good fit on the face, the masks come in different shapes.

 

[ruger762]

Look at stuff made by Cressi on Amazon. Won't break the bank and several steps up from the Walmart Junk.

 

[spistols]

When we traveled to resort areas where snorkeling was available, we always brought our own mid to higher end equipment. Didn't want to use the snorkel company's cheap and maybe disinfected crap, nor did we want to use the cheap stuff that didn't fit right and miss out on the experience.

Buy better quality fins, mask, and snorkel, and you will enjoy the experience MUCH better. Would you run a marathon or even a 5K race with basketball sneakers from Walmart?

 

[Nat]

Go to the mountains. Easier to breath there.

 

[Scuba dog]

If you can hold the mask on your face with your own suction and no strap that is good enough for flat water use. In choppy water you want a valve on the snorkel, so you don’t catch a wave down the snorkel.

Mostly, You gotta get a good fit on the face, the masks come in different shapes.

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