Antigua with its sister island Barbuda offers an exciting water adventure sport, snorkeling, to its tourists. This exotic island on the face of the Caribbean ocean is blessed with a number of attractive beaches and is also surrounded by coral reef and other resources of the sea. All these make Antigua a very attractive travel destination where the visitors get the chance of snorkeling along with other water sports.
Antigua offers snorkeling adventures with the help of professional guides. Antigua is actually a heaven for snorkeling as the sea near its coastal areas are full of lively marine animals like hoard of colorful fishes, stingrays, coral reefs and many more. Underwater, near Antigua coastal areas, offers the snorkelers to experience the variegated marine life that is ever exciting.
What makes Antigua a snorkeling heaven, is its wide range and variety of sea resources. In the eastern and southern part of Antigua and almost through the entire coastal area of Barbuda, there are coral reefs and shelves. These are excellent homes to a number of fishes and other marine lives. Other conditions that have made sea near Antigua a prime snorkeling destinations, are, the temperature of the sea that stay near about 25° C all year round. Moreover, in these areas there is very little current in the sea that helps in snorkeling. The divers can see underwater from 50-140 ft. without any trouble.
Antigua also offers several Eco tour adventures that take the travelers to have a glance of the marine lives through snorkeling. Such a Eco-tour in Antigua is Eli's Eco Tour. In this Eco-tour the travelers are provided with a number of information on marine life, its flora and fauna and local history. A professional and guided snorkeling dive is also a part of this Eco-tour.
