Pacific Coast Snorkeling Vacations

Pacific Coast Snorkeling Travel Guide

• Pacific Coast Overview
• Pacific Coast Hotels
• Pacific Coast Attractions
• Pacific Coast Feature Articles
• Pacific Coast Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Pacific Coast

Active and Adventure Guide
• Biking
• Caving and Canyoneering
• Climbing
• Hiking and Backpacking
• Paddling
• Skiing
• Snow Sports
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
  • Windsurfing
• Family Guide
• Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Snorkeling Destinations In Pacific Coast

• Maui, HI
  
• Oahu, HI
  
• Big Island, HI
  
• Kauai, HI
  
• Laguna Beach, CA
  
• Catalina Island, CA
  
• Channel Islands National Park, CA
  
• Lanai, HI
  
• Molokai, HI
  
• Pacific Grove, CA
  

Travel Guides In Pacific Coast

• Yosemite National Park, CA
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Family Guide
• Anchorage, AK
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, AK
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, OR
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Dana Point, CA
  • Beach Guide
• Davenport, CA
  • Beach Guide
• Half Moon Bay, CA
  • Beach Guide
• Kenai Fjords National Park, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Marina del Rey, CA
  • Beach Guide
• San Juan Islands, WA
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide

United States Snorkeling Subregions

• Pacific Coast
• Southeast

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
• Mexico
  • Baja
  • Central Mexico
  • Gulf Coast
  • Northern Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
  • Yucatán

Pacific Coast Snorkeling Destinations

• California
• Hawaii

Feature Articles

• Total Immersion
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  One family's 18-month (and counting) Hawaiian Hiatus
• Island Hopper, Island Hiker
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• Hawaii
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  Where to play, eat, and stay in the Hawaiian Islands
• GORP - Channel Islands, California - Diving and Snorkeling
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• The Big Sweep
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  Beyond L.A.'s tangle of freeways, you can pedal, snorkel, and kayak your way to a truly great outdoor weekend.

Trip Ideas

• Ten Delicious Places to Dip into Diving
  Kona, Hawaii: Polynesian Diving
• Pacific and Indian Oceans: Southern California
  Top 10 Spots for Experiencing Sharks

Practical Advice

• Sharks: Myths and Realities
  Every summer, the ominous display of a dorsal fin sends crowds scurrying for the shore—and newspaper headlines exploding with warnings. Find out why that’s the wrong way to act.
• Deep Focus
  Learn the basics of underwater photography and you expand the experience of scuba diving and snorkeling. Our ten tips will help keep things crystal clear.
• The Move
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  Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter
• A Diving Primer
  

GORPTravel Trips

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  Hawaiian Seascapes
  AdventureSmith Explorations
  from $3995, 8 days
  We are proud to introduce yacht adventures in America's very own paradise, the Hawaiian Islands. This unique six-island itinerary allows you to...
  

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
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  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• Tropical Getaway
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  The key to packing light for a warm-weather trip: quality, not quantity.
• Olympus Stylus 790 SW
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• Aqualung Mythos mask and Caravelle ADJ fins
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• JBL Woody Sawed-Off Magnum Speargun
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Fitness

• The Move
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  Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter

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Hilton San Diego Resort
1775 East Mission Bay Drive
San Diego, CA 92109 Map

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Best Western Laguna Reef Inn
30806 Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Map

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Little Harbor Campground
Seven Miles Outside Two Harbors
Two Harbors, CA Map

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