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Snorkel Safaris

Guided Snorkel Safaris
Snorkel Safaris are a great way to get into exploring the marine life around the Isle of Man. The clear waters have an amazing variety of creatures waiting for your visit. Swim through seaweed gardens, spot Wrasse out hunting and look under the rocks for crabs and lobsters. We provide some spotter guides to help you identify what you've seen. Sessions are usually run from the shore, but after you have a bit of experience you can travel further out on one of our boat trips, and maybe visit the Sugarloaf caves or play with the seals. 

Come down to the dive centre and the team will help find a wetsuit and all the rest of the kit you need to stay comfortable in the water. You will get a safety briefing and some basic tuition, before we head down to the beach for a nice easy entry into the sea. We will spend up to an hour exploring the coastline, marine creatures and maybe looking for some bits of ship wreck too. Then it's back to the dive centre for a hot drink and to get changed into warm, dry clothes.

  • Safaris must be prebooked and are weather dependent.
  • We provide all the kit - you just need your swimming stuff and a towel. You are welcome to bring your own kit if you have any. 
  • Please note we do not permit the use of full face snorkel masks on our sessions.
  • Safaris are open to anyone from 6 upwards but you need to be a reasonable swimmer
  • There are some medical restrictions. A medical declaration must be signed by each snorkeller (or by a parent or guardian for under 18s).
  • Minimum group size is 2. Maximum 6 per instructor (but we can run multiple groups at the same time)

Cost for shore snorkel (including kit hire) £35. Boat snorkel sessions (including kit hire) £50.
Snorkel Safari Trail Guides
Discover Diving has developed a series of 7 graded snorkel trail guides for various locations around the South of the Isle of Man. These guides can be printed from the documents below, either as a whole set or individually. If you want to explore some new snorkelling sites, these guides will help you get the best experience. The grades are Difficult (RED), Moderate (BLUE) or Easy (GREEN). These gradings relate to how easy it is to access the site and to complete the trail. Longer trails such as Gansey are rated difficult because of the distance involved.  For some trails such as Scarlett or Port Grenaugh you can easily opt to shorten the trail if you want.

There are snorkel trail guides for
  • Gansey Point, Port St Mary 
  • Scarlett, Castletown
  • Port Grenaugh
  • Port Soderick
  • Niarbyl
  • Fleshwick
  • St Michael's Island / Fort Island

​We are hoping to add some more snorkel trail guides in the future. If you have a site that you'd like to nominate, please get in touch.

Your safety is your own responsibility and you should check that sea conditions are calm before you enter the water. You should check the water quality information for the site that you intend to snorkel.

If you would like to hire equipment we would be pleased to help.  You can also hire an experienced snorkel guide to take you on any of the trails.
Isle of Man Snorkel trails - full set.pdf
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​You can also download the guides individually...
Gansey Point snorkel trail.pdf
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Port Grenaugh snorkel trail.pdf
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Port Soderick snorkel trail.pdf
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Scarlett snorkel trail.pdf
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St Michaels Isle snorkel trail.pdf
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Niarbyl snorkel trail.pdf
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Fleshwick snorkel trail.pdf
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    Have you tried any of the trails, let us know what you saw...

    Please enter the date and time of your snorkelling adventure
    Please tell us what you spotted, and don't forget the unusual things too! If you can't identify anything, the Dive Centre has a number of marine life guides and we'd be happy to help.
    If you want to share any photos of video of your snorkelling adventures, please go to our Facebook page or email us.

    If you can't identify a marine creature that you saw, pop into the Dive centre and we will help work out what it was!
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Come and discover diving in the Isle of Man!


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Opening Hours
From 1/9/22 onwards:
Saturday 9-5
Sunday 9-4
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Telephone

+44 (0)1624 833008

Email

info@discoverdiving.im
  • Home
    • Snorkel Safaris
    • Beach Ranger
  • Dive training
    • Getting started
    • More Scuba Training
    • Technical diving
    • Snorkel training
  • First Aid Training
  • Dive Charters
    • Booking with us
    • Dive sites
    • Accommodation
  • Services
    • COVID CPAP
    • Air and gas fills
    • Kit hire
    • Regulator servicing
    • Dry suit repairs
    • Cylinder testing
  • Shop
    • Online shop
  • Our Club
    • DIve planning
    • Snorkel Club >
      • Pool party 2019
    • Searchmembers
  • What's happening
    • SPLASH IN
    • Newsletters
    • Dive blog
    • Out and about
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