Where can I get cheap snorkling gear for first timers?

TBeckett100

hmm when i bought a snorkel, what i saw in the sea puit me right off. jellyfish!

stoneman

thetope wrote: »

if you have a decathlon near you they do some cheap dive gear

Second that:T

Nile

Hello MrsE

Your snorkelling experience will be so much better if you can identify the fish you see...........while you're still in the water.;)

When I go snorkelling, I always take a fish identification dive card with me. I've found that they're not always available to buy locally, so I prefer to pack one in my case.

The link below shows a guide to Red Sea fish:

http://www.dive-logs.com/productdetail.jsp?ProductCategory=11&ProductID=20

Enjoy your holiday.

Nile

MrsE_2

Reluctant_spender wrote: »

M and M sports - speedo mask and snorkel - £5

http://www.mandmdirect.com/ProductList.asp

Fantastic, they also do aqua shoes for £5:T :T :T :T :T

Millie's_Mum

We bought our snorkel gear in sharm and it was much cheaper.

Also the poster who said take a card to identify the fish, what a good idea, wish we'd had one of those, it would have saved a lot of arguments over whether we saw the same things (and saved us sounding very professional in restaurants calling them blue swishy ones etc).

MrsE_2

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

We bought our snorkel gear in sharm and it was much cheaper.

Also the poster who said take a card to identify the fish, what a good idea, wish we'd had one of those, it would have saved a lot of arguments over whether we saw the same things (and saved us sounding very professional in restaurants calling them blue swishy ones etc).

Yes the card is a great idea, I'm going to get one.;)

mrs_moneyspinner

Decathlon at Lakeside had nice quality snorkelling kit yesterday - mask and tube for £10.95 in medium and large in nice colours and own carry bag. We bought one and it looks good quality.

daveyjp

The Crowne Plaza area is one of the best - loads of diving boats arrive every day. They were building that hotel when we were there, hope it's finished now! Also agree about the fish ID cards. BTW taxi from Sharm - ask what the going rate is and pay no more - it was £20 egyptian when we went in 2004, be prepared to haggle - go to the rank when it's busy as the cabbies won't have time to haggle much as cabbies behind them in the queue want to get a fare too! We went when it was quiet and it took us 20 minutes to get them to £20 - they started at about 70!!!