Snorkeling at Castaway Cay -- Fish?

[PrincessShmoo]

If you bring your own snorkel equipment do you need a snorkel vest to use the family beach snorkel area?

Yes, everyone must wear the Disney-provided vests for snorkeling. There's no charge for them and you don't have to inflate them. But you must wear them.

 

[Kkb0517]

Yes, everyone must wear the Disney-provided vests for snorkeling. There's no charge for them and you don't have to inflate them. But you must wear them.
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Thanks do you get them at the snorkel area or somewhere else?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Thanks do you get them at the snorkel area or somewhere else?

There are racks of them at the snorkel rental shack.

 

[Cackyschmackers]

@Kkb0517 Vests are free but you must wear them. You can bring your own equipment. We never bring fins, though, so we rented them. Snorkeling is as good as it can be with no living reef. But we saw INSANE schools of moonfish, they were actually hanging right where DCL told them to, interspersed motionless among the hidden Mickey statue.

 

[Kkb0517]

Thanks

 

[truck1]

Thanks do you get them at the snorkel area or somewhere else?

There at the lifeguard towers also.

Yes, everyone must wear the Disney-provided vests for snorkeling. There's no charge for them and you don't have to inflate them. But you must wear them.
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If you bring your own, you can use that one. We bring ours all the time, and I know of several other board members that have them and bring them.

 

[Starwind]

@Kkb0517 Vests are free but you must wear them. You can bring your own equipment. We never bring fins, though, so we rented them. Snorkeling is as good as it can be with no living reef. But we saw INSANE schools of moonfish, they were actually hanging right where DCL told them to, interspersed motionless among the hidden Mickey statue.

Do you rent the fins at the same place everyone else rents the snorkel equipment ?

Do you remember the cost of just the fins ?

Thanks !

SW

 

[Cackyschmackers]

Do you rent the fins at the same place everyone else rents the snorkel equipment ?

Do you remember the cost of just the fins ?

Thanks !

SW

Yes, we went to the rental section at Castaway Ray's (the first one you come to next to the Stingray Hut). They rent all the equipment there and give you the inflatable vest you have to wear. But there is more than one area for rentals, we just chose this one bc it was closest to where we were snorkeling.