Snorkeling

While snorkling is part of many of our expeditions, the following have snorkling as its major activity. Both new and experienced snorkelers can enjoy these expeditions. Check them out!

• Belize Blackird & Lighthouse Reef
• Honduras
• Fiji
• Palau
• Ulithi & Yap Explorer
• Ulithi, Yap, & Palau

Photography

Sailfish Underwater Photography Expedition 2009

To foster public awareness about sailfish, Oceanic Society is offering a special opportunity to observe and photograph these magificent fish underwater.

Based at Isla Mujeres we travel by private yacht in search of sailfish who migrate to see waters to feed on sardine baitballs. The event is seasonal and window of opportunity is only for six weeks. The program is for the hardy, experienced open ocean water snorkeler/diver.

Kayaking

Discover Belize's remote tropical islands in a way few people have a chance to experience. Turneffe Atoll has the highest biodiversity in the entire Caribbean with a well-developed reef encircling the entire island chain plus a resident population of dolphins.

Kayakers stay at the Blackbird-Oceanic Field Station in comfortable double occupancy beachfront cabanas with private baths. Coral gardens are found in the protected waters within the atoll, all within easy paddling distance of the Field Station.

Scuba Diving

Two excellent expeditions focus on Scuba Diving and Snorkeling ... both at Belize.

World-renowned marine scientist Dr. Sylvia Earle will lead an Oceanic Society expedition to Blackbird Caye, Turneffe Atoll, Belize, to foster public awareness regarding the need for marine protected areas and to discuss potential solutions for preserving oceanic biodiversity.

Participants in this event can enjoy daily scuba diving and guided snorkeling along healthy reefs coupled with informative evening presentations on current scientific findings on preserving marine resources, and what individuals can do to help protect oceans.

Another expedition introduces participants to whale sharks, the gentle giants of the sea. In the company of an Oceanic Society naturalist, we will search for whale sharks that congregate off Belize's coast annually to feed on fish spawn (masses of fish eggs.) While the dedicated focus of this land-based expedition will be whale sharks, daily activities will include snorkeling from uninhabited islands, and diving along coral reefs.