Two snorkellers swimming side by side in clear turquoise water over the reef

Snorkeling · Buccoo Reef

Mask on, straight out over the coral.

Buccoo Reef starts just past the point — the reef Jacques Cousteau rated the third most spectacular in the world. The crew runs you out on the Boston Whaler and masks come aboard with us.

This is the water you get.

Shot on our own trips, not stock. Visibility changes with the day and the tide, but this is the reef the boat takes you to.

Guests at the surface in clear water over the coral, then down for a closer look at a sandy hollow in the reef.
A group snorkelling over the reef in clear turquoise water, the island behind them
Snorkellers strung out across the shallow flats with floats, the headland in the distance
Sea fans standing up off the coral in bright shallow water
Fish moving over the coral heads a few feet under the surface
A garden of soft corals and sponges along the reef
A guest snorkelling at the surface in clear turquoise water over the reef
A snorkeller in fins gliding over the coral heads
A jack crossing the reef below a free-diver at the surface
A school of fish over the sea fans in clear shallow water
A tight school of yellow-finned jacks filling the frame
A snorkeller at the surface holding a green turtle in clear turquoise water
A green turtle resting on the seagrass and sand in the shallows
A pair of French angelfish feeding over the coral heads
A snorkeller grinning underwater through a stream of bubbles
A snorkeller silhouetted against the surface with sunbeams coming down through the blue
The bow of the Fish Tobago boat anchored over the reef in clear water

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  • A group snorkelling over the reef in clear turquoise water, the island behind them
    A free-diver swimming down toward a turtle resting on the sand
    Elkhorn coral standing gold against the blue just under the surface
    A stingray crossing the pale sand between coral heads

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    Snorkeling trip

    $86 / person USD

    Out over Buccoo Reef on the Boston Whaler. Masks come aboard with us.

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  • The Fish Tobago guide and a guest snorkelling in clear turquoise water

    Buccoo Reef & Nylon Pool adventure

    $160 / person USD

    Our Boston Whaler is licensed for 9 passengers. An opportunity to snorkel is also part of this tour.

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You can also get a look at the reef without getting wet on the glass bottom boat tour, or make the reef part of a longer day on the water.