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Great Maya Reef: Snorkeling Adventure Awaits
Embark on a thrilling adventure in Cancun as you navigate through jungle channels in a speedboat and snorkel at the stunning Punta Nizuc coral reef.
Embark on a thrilling adventure in Cancun as you navigate through jungle channels in a speedboat and snorkel at the stunning Punta Nizuc coral reef.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Puerto Morelos - Experience snorkeling at the Great Maya Reef with a half-day tour of the coral reef near Puerto Morelos. Discover fish, marine life, and colorful corals while swimming with the guidance of snorkel experts. Afterward, take some leisure time to explore the charming fishing village of Puerto Morelos. This snorkeling adventure…
- Puerto Morelos - Experience snorkeling at the Great Maya Reef with a half-day tour of the coral reef near Puerto Morelos. Discover fish, marine life, and colorful corals while swimming with the guidance of snorkel experts. Afterward, take some leisure time to explore the charming fishing village of Puerto Morelos. This snorkeling adventure provides all necessary equipment, a delightful lunch at a beach club, and convenient round-trip transportation from centrally-located hotels in Cancun and the Riviera Maya.
What's Included
- Snorkel Session in the National Reef Park
- Use of Snorkelling equipment
- Roundtrip transportation from most Cancun and Riviera Maya hotels
- Professional maritime guide
- Beachside lunch
- Time to stroll on your own in Puerto Morelos
- Snorkel Session in the National Reef Park
- Use of Snorkelling equipment
- Roundtrip transportation from most Cancun and Riviera Maya hotels
- Professional maritime guide
- Beachside lunch
- Time to stroll on your own in Puerto Morelos
What's Not Included
- Beverages
- Photographs
- Souvenirs
- Lockers
- Puerto Morelos National Reef Park
- Beverages
- Photographs
- Souvenirs
- Lockers
- Puerto Morelos National Reef Park
Additional Information
Explore the stunning tropical seascapes at the world’s second largest reef formation, the Great Maya Reef, during an hourlong snorkeling adventure. Swim along the surface surrounded by colorful fish and keep your eyes opened for crabs, lobsters and even sea turtles.
Upon arrival at Puerto Morelos, go over the basics of snorkeling safety and technique,…
Explore the stunning tropical seascapes at the world’s second largest reef formation, the Great Maya Reef, during an hourlong snorkeling adventure. Swim along the surface surrounded by colorful fish and keep your eyes opened for crabs, lobsters and even sea turtles.
Upon arrival at Puerto Morelos, go over the basics of snorkeling safety and technique, then suit up with a life jacket and snorkel gear including a brand-new tube. Visit one of the best snorkeling locations on the reef with time to snorkel at each one, for a varied look at Puerto Morelos’ underwater world. While the wildlife changes from day to day, it’s common to spot sea turtles, rays, and many species of fish.
Following your time in the water, shower and change for a stroll through Puerto Morelos, where you can browse small shops, or just find a spot on the beach to enjoy the Caribbean sunshine. Meet back up for lunch at a Puerto Morelos beach club, then make the return trip to your hotel.
- In compliance with maritime federal laws, children under 4 years old are not permitted to participate in the snorkeling experience.
- Please take into account that the snorkeling activity may go over 60 minutes
- The snorkeling activity is weather-dependent and may be canceled based on instructions from the harbor master
- The display experience time does not include travel time from your location to the activity site, so please plan accordingly as transportation time may vary due to traffic conditions and unforeseen circumstances.
- The use of life vest during the snorkel activity is mandatory for all participants.
- This experience is designed for guests between 6 and 65 years of age.
- For your safety, all participants should feel comfortable swimming before joining this activity (Swiming skill).
- To ensure safety and environmental care, electronic devices such as phones, cameras, or watches cannot be used during snorkeling activities.
- For the well-being of our marine ecosystem, the use of sunscreen, lotions, or any chemical products in the water is not permitted. We kindly recommend wearing a rash guard for sun protection.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
- You should be able to swim on your own.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Daytrip648334
Feb 5, 2026
Great day! - The entire team was great. The fish and coral reef are beautiful. And the tequila tasting was fun.
We would do it again.
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Jill_k
Sep 27, 2025
Great time! - Great people! Care deeply about the ocean and reef. They take great pics as well! There is a tequila tasting and it is great!
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Gary_g
Jan 13, 2026
Bad driver - Trying to upsell you too often including comments and pressure from the last shuttle driver for a big tip
The one we gave him wasn’t good enough, obviously didn’t have to tip but when we gave him a tip he laughed and said that’s hardly worth tipping me so I just kept walking
He was quite ignorant to my wife saying hey you don’t appreciate your ride
Not good at all
Everything else was terrific just not the last driver
Very very bad man
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Callie_d
May 29, 2025
A good experience. Your... - A good experience. Tour was shorter than I expected. I also thought we would see more of the reef but stayed on the outside of it. Did see many different sea creatures such as a nurse shark, turtles, and sting rays.
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V788htfrancesd
Mar 26, 2025
Great snorkeling - We really liked the snorkeling but would have preferred a smaller group. Food great, tour guides most excellent! Convenient pick up from hotel.
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Peggyr71
Nov 30, 2024
Great Experience - Really good excursion, our family loved it and appreciated the guides. Everyone was friendly and efficient!
Thank you. The Rowland family.
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F4165xikevink
Jan 2, 2025
FYI To Those Looking To Book This Excursion. - I will start with how the snorkeling experience itself was great for the 45ish minutes we got to snorkel. The reef was beautiful and full of wildlife. The staff were fairly interactive and made the experience itself enjoyable. Now for the FYI for everyone looking to book this tour. There are quite a few extra rules we were unaware of as well as extras to the excursion that are not posted in the information here.
1) You will not be allowed to take pictures via go pro or underwater camera/bring your phone with you onto the boat (they offer pictures for you which you obviously have to pay a premium price for). You also will not be allowed to bring practically any personal belongings, all of which they have lockers available for deposit so ensure you bring extra cash for the deposit (I believe it was $200 pesos or so).
2) You can NOT wear any sun screen on this excursion (INCLUDING REEF SAFE SUN SCREEN). Do not go purchasing expensive reef safe sun screen for this trip as you will be told to wash any sun screen off of you in the showers at the tour meeting point.
3) The tour is offered on the website to children as young as 3 years old but should be more like a 6-7+ range as the equipment they have will not fit a toddler/younger child. As stated in the excursion info everyone attending should be able to/be comfortable with swimming on their own.
4) The tour is listed to have a duration of 4 hours. This will not include travel time and wait times for shuttles. Do not expect to be picked up immediately once your excursion is complete. We ended up having to wait an additional 2 hours for pick up which brought our total time from pick up to drop of at roughly 7.5 hours.
5) The tour unexpectedly has a tequila tasting after snorkeling which was actually a great surprise and enjoyable. However, if you are doing this excursion with your kids they will be sitting there for up to an hour doing nothing while you taste tequila with the tour group so keep that in mind.
6) Unfortunately the beach lunch is underwhelming and you are limited to 3 small bland tacos per person. Be sure to pack snack or bring extra cash if you intend on having lunch out in Puerto Morelos. As stated above, you likely won't be back at your hotel for a a couple hours once the excursion ends.
7) Not so much a surprise to most who have been to Mexico before/done excursions like this before. You will be expected to tip for many of the services provided so bring some extra cash with you (tour guides, tequila tasting guide, lunch staff, lunch entertainment.)
Hope this info helps anyone looking to book this trip.
Cheers.
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Y2167yrmichaelw
Mar 20, 2025
Total waste of time. - This is a total tourist trap. We wasted 6 hours for 40 minutes of snorkeling. The snorkeling was ok. However, the time spent, the food, and beach were very very poor. We got to the place and it took over an hour to get us ready ad go to the boat. We snorkeled and got back about 11:15. Then they made us sit through a presentation,where they tried to sell us tequila for 45 minutes.
Three measley tacos were served about 12:30, for “lunch”. then they gave us “free time”. “Free time” was basically being stranded in a dated tourist area, while all the locals merchants harassed us. We escaped to the beach, which is a dirty rundown track of boats.
If you want to snorkel, try to find a trip without the “extra activities”
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Macenzie_j
Oct 13, 2025
Asked to leave and no refund - Communication was poor and we were unable to even attend this experience due to unforseen medical circumstances that were not explicitly explained and are being refused a refund.
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Y2280zjmollyc
Dec 31, 2024
Book another snorkel tour - Honestly this was not the best tour. There were alot of issues with it- first of all being that this tour is NOT as advertised online!!! On trip adviser it says it is a 4 hour tour. We arrived at 1:30pm and were told that the shuttle wouldn’t be back to pick us up until 6:00pm. False advertising!!! Some people in our tour actually left early because they had dinner reservations.
Another issue is that there was a tequila tasting included which was not advertised (which I’m not mad about but they should probably advertise that anyway).
There seemed to be a lot of incompetence and not good communication on behalf of the tour guides and tour operators. And the restaurant they took us to totally sucked!!! They were out of fish tacos even though they are a “seafood” restaurant. What a joke. Book another tour
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