Feb 12, 2025
So much fun - These guys were very friendly and professional. You are pretty much guaranteed to see turtles in this spot. The turtles are feeding in the bottom of the bay. Snorkel right off the beach. No boat ride needed to access the turtles.
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Feb 1, 2025
Best Snorkeling Experience with Bernie in Antigua! - Bernie’s Snorkeling in Antigua is truly one of the best experiences we’ve had! As non-swimmers, we were initially hesitant, but Bernie was incredibly patient and supportive throughout the entire trip. He stayed with us the whole time, guiding us through the water and ensuring we felt comfortable. Thanks to his expertise, we got to see stunning shipwrecks, vibrant marine life, and even turtles up close. It was an unforgettable adventure, and we highly recommend it to anyone—whether you’re a beginner or an experienced snorkeler!
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Jan 19, 2025
A delight!! - Great experience despite not having snorkeled for many years. Staff friendly, encouraging, careful, very professional. My book (in case I chickened out) remained in the bag. Saw turtles, stingray, reef with beautiful fish.. .a delight!
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Jan 18, 2025
Great experience! - We had a great time swimming with turtles, we saw two sea turtles and an eagle ray along with a lot of other beautiful fish and plants. Imran was an awesome guide in the water and a great driver to and from our resort. Super nice guy and very knowledgeable. So glad we did a guided tour
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Dec 29, 2024
Amazing experience. If you are a good swimmer upgrade to the Sea Scooter Tour! - We signed up to do the Swimming With Turtles tour with Scooter Snorkelling but upgraded our experience to their awesome Scooter Snorkelling Tour for an extra USD 30 per person when we arrived, as we had not know about that tour when we booked. The team were extremely flexible and accommodating in letting us do this and we were super grateful, as it was unforgettable.
The pick up and drop off were bang on time and it was an easy short drive from our hotel in English Harbour to the team’s base on Galleon’s Beach. The whole crew had a warm, family feel, with a super friendly welcome. The team took us through a professional, clear, and detailed. instructional briefing. The ensured they understood our self-assessed confidence in the water and took great care to ensure that we had the right equipment and that it fitted correctly, even helping us to negotiate creating a water seal on our masks with Vaseline, due to our facial hair!
The main part of the tour lasts an hour and we were accompanied into the sea from the beach and given time to familiarise ourselves with our water scooters before we headed off for adventure. Our guides took us out over shipwrecks, we saw enormous turtles, all manner of marine life, and the Pillars of Hercules. Throughout the excursion, the team checked in on us and ensured that we felt safe and confident in the water. They also took brilliant photographs of the things we saw and of us on the tour, for free, meaning that we could concentrate on being fully immersed in the experience, safe in the knowledge that we had wonderful mementoes of this unforgettable tour.
Zooming around under the waves was so brilliant, it was like being in some kind of James Bond caper! It also enabled us to go much further than we could swim and to see which was fantastic. We would totally recommend this tour and company. They are the best!
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Nov 28, 2024
Bernie was great with our reluctant kiddo - Our children, ages 7 and 9, were reluctant to try snorkeling. Our 9 yo is autistic and also has a lot of anxiety. Being on vacation was already outside his comfort zone. We brought cheap snorkeling masks to try out in the pool and that went pretty well. Still, he kept saying he wouldn't go snorkeling with us. We asked the tour desk for suggestions, and they pointed to working with Bernie. They said he'd be very gentle and encouraging. Long story short, both kiddos went snorkeling and had a GREAT TIME. While the water wasn't as clear as it usually is, it was still a wonderful time. Our 9 yo was the only one to see a turtle; it was such a treat. He'd definitely be open to doing this again. Bernie made the process so easy. He gave both kids vests to make floating easy. As adults, we didn't need them and were quite buoyant, so much so that my wife had a hard time going down to get closer to the shipwreck. My only regret is I'm very, very nearsighted and stopped wearing contacts years ago. Still, it was a nice family outing.
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Nov 7, 2024
Brilliantly organised and a fab experience - Very well organised with pick up from hotel. Amazing guides who had the same care for us as the turtles. Really informative and a fantastic experience.
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Jun 11, 2024
Great Scooter Snorkeling Trip - Great thing to do when you are visiting Antigua. They pick you up, drop you off and lead you on a guided scooter snorklling adventure where you will see turtles, stingrays and possibly eagle rays. Snorkel out to the Pillars of Hercules for a nice photo and enjoy your time in the warm waters of Antigua
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Apr 12, 2024
Safe and great time! - Swimming with the turtles was a blast! Our guide Renick was kind and knowledgeable about the sealife. He took great pictures for us, and I’m excited to show my kids when I return home.
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May 24, 2024
Turtle and reef swim - Love swimming with a turtle. Also swam at the reef water extremely warm and clear nice people will recommend xxxxxxxxxxxx
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