Are you afraid to snorkel?

[flatline]

UMMM... What water rushing in your mouth no one told me water rushes in your mouth.

unless you're using a dry snorkel, when you dip below the water, it fills up. that's why you learn how to clear it.

 

[SleepyMom]

Any advice on how to overcome the fear of getting in the water with fish...let alone touch a Dolphin?

I am also very afraid of fish, I don't care how much bigger I am or how they are more afraid of me, I am afraid of fish!

That said, we did Discovery Cove a few years ago and I loved the dolphin swim part and the lazy river. Swimming with the dolphin was different for me because it was larger and couldn't sneak up by my feet. The trainers keep a very close watch on your dolphin and ease you into the swimming with it part. It truly is an amazing experience!

Snorkeling in the fish area though was a totally different experience, did you know you can scream through a snorkel? I also found out that I am not able to walk on DH's back while he is swimming... he kept mumbling something about drowning him, it was hard to tell as I held him under water.

I will also admit to this, I used my children as a shield They loved the ray pool and wanted to cut back through it to get to our chairs... I wanted to walk around. They told me they would walk one on each side of me and protect me if I did it. DH walked behind me. Someone pinched me and I let out a scream heard across the park, and it wasn't a muffled one like in the snorkel

So, point to my post - go swim with the dolphins, it is amazing! Skip the fish area and enjoy the lazy river instead.

 

[diznygirl]

It was harder for me to learn how to surf... it's always the surfers who get bit by the sharks!!

 

[Sthronds]

I snorkeled in Hawaii for the first and probably only time. I jumped off of a boat into water that was colder than I expected and when I looked down, the water was dark. I panicked and had a very hard time calming down while learning to breathe with the snorkel on. Once I relaxed, and swam over to the reef, I was able to enjoy the fish and the scenery. When they called us in, I booked it back to the boat and was one of the first on board. I didn't like that experience very much.

 

[MAKmom]

I am also very afraid of fish, I don't care how much bigger I am or how they are more afraid of me, I am afraid of fish!

That said, we did Discovery Cove a few years ago and I loved the dolphin swim part and the lazy river. Swimming with the dolphin was different for me because it was larger and couldn't sneak up by my feet. The trainers keep a very close watch on your dolphin and ease you into the swimming with it part. It truly is an amazing experience!

Snorkeling in the fish area though was a totally different experience, did you know you can scream through a snorkel? I also found out that I am not able to walk on DH's back while he is swimming... he kept mumbling something about drowning him, it was hard to tell as I held him under water.

I will also admit to this, I used my children as a shield They loved the ray pool and wanted to cut back through it to get to our chairs... I wanted to walk around. They told me they would walk one on each side of me and protect me if I did it. DH walked behind me. Someone pinched me and I let out a scream heard across the park, and it wasn't a muffled one like in the snorkel

So, point to my post - go swim with the dolphins, it is amazing! Skip the fish area and enjoy the lazy river instead.

Your post is so funny.

 

[MAKmom]

It was harder for me to learn how to surf... it's always the surfers who get bit by the sharks!!

I feel much better now.

 

[MAKmom]

I snorkeled in Hawaii for the first and probably only time. I jumped off of a boat into water that was colder than I expected and when I looked down, the water was dark. I panicked and had a very hard time calming down while learning to breathe with the snorkel on. Once I relaxed, and swam over to the reef, I was able to enjoy the fish and the scenery. When they called us in, I booked it back to the boat and was one of the first on board. I didn't like that experience very much.

I will never snorkel in an ocean. Only man made Corporation owned tanks & fish for me! I hope.