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Guided Snorkeling Tour - PADI Discover Snorkelling

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Just imagine - you put your face in the water and see all the marine life. There's fish swimming, starfish making their way across the rocks and crabs darting in and out of their hiding holes!

Just imagine - you put your face in the water and see all the marine life. There's fish swimming, starfish making their way across the rocks and crabs darting in and out of their hiding holes!

Highlights

  • Qualmark 100% Pure New Zealand Winner 2021 & Qualmark GOLD Rated!
  • Explore the waters of Waiheke Island, on snorkel, with your PADI Professional Guide!
  • Meet the wildlife that call this coastline home, from seahorses to eagle rays!
  • All inclusive - includes your equipment, so no extra charges!

Waiheke Dive & Snorkel is an award winning experience provider, being a winner of the Qualmark 100% Pure New Zealand Awards 2021, being a recipient of the PADI Green Star award and being rated as Qualmark GOLD! We are Aotearoa New Zealand's only 100% conservation focused 'full service' dive store!

The PADI Discover Snorkelling Experience is a great way to explore the Waiheke coastline using a mask and snorkel! All your gear is included, so that's your mask, snorkel & wetsuit, ready for you to explore with us!

When you arrive in store, you'll have a chat with your PADI Instructor or Divemaster about your abilities while you complete the required paperwork. We'll then allocate your equipment before we travel to the chosen location for our adventure!

Once at the snorkelling site your guide will brief you about what you're likely to see and go through a thorough safety briefing, and they'll demonstrate how the equipment works. Together you'll then enter the water and see what can be found!

If you have friends that are booked on as well then awesome! But don't worry if you're on your own - you'll be buddied up with another participant for your time in the water!

Be warned though - this is a super addictive activity! Just ask your diver pals how many started their love of the water through snorkelling...

Per Person $69.99

What's included

  • All Snorkelling Equipment Use - Mask, Snorkel, wetsuit & Fins!
  • PADI Professional Snorkel Guide to maximise your fun and safety!
  • Transport from our dive shop in Oneroa and back again

Location

  • 110 Ocean View Road, Oneroa, Waiheke island

Restrictions

  • Minimum age: 6
  • Under 12s must be accompanied by a paying adult..

Child Friendly

  • This experience welcomes families with children.

Bad Weather Refunds

  • If your experience is cancelled by the operator (because of the weather or anything else out of your control) you will be entitled to a full refund.

Notes

  • COVID vaccine pass required for all eligible participants. There are some medical conditions that may prevent you from snorkelling, unless you have clearance from your Doctor. Please check the PADI Snorkeling Liability form for further details but feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

    Please note that all snorkellers must be aged 6 or above (those under 10 must be accompanied by an adult). For anyone under 18 we need signed, in person, parental or guardian consent. You also do need to be able to swim to take part in this experience.

    Activities are conducted in English, so understanding of spoken English is also required.

  • All inclusive - No hidden costs!

Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

4.5

6 reviews

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Sathvik from New Zealand wrote on 17 April 2022

Just Amazing!

Amazing and enthralling experience. Super friendly staff who even drove us back to the ferry after our tour. 100% recommended.

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harperleea from New Zealand wrote on 13 March 2022

Small tour, Big suprises

For a tour that lasts an hour or two of prepping, swimming and peering in the water, it was a revelating experience. There are not many sea creatures to be found in and around Auckland and yet Waiheke beats that with its variety of unique fauna and flora all within the sanctuary of Sandy Bay's shore. If you wish to see something that could only be found on TV then the Snorkeling tour and perhaps Diving are the ways to go for satiating one's inquisitive mind. You will not be disappointed.

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from New Zealand wrote on 24 February 2022

Entertaining

Our group enjoyed the experience but feedback - give thorough briefings with how to adjust & fit gear plus a contactless once over inspection when all geared up before starting off.

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soohyeonk from South Korea wrote on 16 February 2019

brilliant

스노클링 선생님이 아주 친절하고 위트있으시다. 처음에 좀 가르쳐주다가 혼자 하라고 자유시간 주는데 내가 무서워해서 선생님이 손잡고 계속 같이 다녀주셔서 너무 감사했다. 비록 파도가 좀 있는 편이라 바다 내부가 탁했지만 물고기 몇마리랑 수초가 물결 치는 걸 봤는데 정말 신기했다. 같이 한 다른 사람들은 더 먼바다로 가서 고래도 봤다고 했다. 다음에 뉴질랜드를 재방문하게 된다면 또 체험하고 싶다.

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Brian from Australia wrote on 15 February 2019

Cold diving

Few fish Nice kelp beds Big ray

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