Pooch Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 Anyone have experience with this company? I’ve never snorkeled but have always wanted to try. We’ll be in Bonaire on our next cruise and snorkeling seems to be the thing to do there. Old, short, fat, a mediocre swimmer. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 We used Woodwind in Bonaire. Excellent excursion. ChessE4, KristiZ, CruiseGus and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjac Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Pooch said: Old, short, fat, a mediocre swimmer. They probably will give everyone a life jacket/vest. That's been my experience on previous snorkeling excursions. Stay away from the red coral, that's fire coral and will ruin your day very quickly. Be prepared for incredible underwater life and scenery. Oh, for mediocre swimmers they attach a tow rope to one of the excursion guides (). Pooch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted July 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 Yeah, If I need that, I’ll stay on the boat! Stupid question, how do you swim under water with a snorkel? Doesn’t the tube fill with water?? I know, stupid question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjac Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 Very had to do with a vest on. I don't even try. Stay on the surface and enjoy the view, you'll tire yourself out REAl quickly if you try to submerge.......and that is not fun. All that thrashing around trying to submerge also has a tendency to attract predators like barracuda and sharks. Pooch and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicDay Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 If you want to go under deeper then the surface, take the snorkel mouth piece out of your mouth hold your breath and dive. Snorkleling is all about just breathing, it weird to believe you can have your head/most of your body submerged and still breath. Once you master that your in awe of what your seeing, it so peaceful and awesome! Pooch, WAAAYTOOO and USCG Teacher 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseGus Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/23/2022 at 10:46 AM, WAAAYTOOO said: We used Woodwind in Bonaire. Excellent excursion. We have used them also. Found them to be an excellent catamaran and snorkeling excursion. We stopped at 3 different spots to snorkel, each having a unique view of different species of fish. Small group on maybe 16 or so. Within walking distance from our pier. They do sell out early most often. Reputation is excellent and deserved. They have made our short list of repeat again excursions. Snotarni, Pooch and WAAAYTOOO 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted July 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 Ok, emailed them & they have room for us on the 9am - 1pm excursion. For those who have used them, how early should we plan to get off the ship? We are scheduled to dock at 8am so will we be able to get there in time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjac Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 17 hours ago, Pooch said: Ok, emailed them & they have room for us on the 9am - 1pm excursion. For those who have used them, how early should we plan to get off the ship? We are scheduled to dock at 8am so will we be able to get there in time? I think so. The port in Bonaire is not that big. Ask them if they can pick you up at the ship. I went scuba diving in Bonaire in 2017 with a local scuba shop and the dive guide picked me up. Have a great time and just remember to keep breathing! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted July 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 They said not a problem. I saw some bad reviews, with equally bad responses from the company, on Trip Advisor but they appear to be quite old. Looks like a go for us. rjac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snotarni Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 We booked them for our Oct 1 Explorer cruise... I've heard lots of good things about it; we'll see!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted July 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Please report back! We are on the 10/29 sailing. Snotarni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseGus Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 21 hours ago, Pooch said: Ok, emailed them & they have room for us on the 9am - 1pm excursion. For those who have used them, how early should we plan to get off the ship? We are scheduled to dock at 8am so will we be able to get there in time? we docked at the south pier. They said in our instruction to be there at 8:45, very quick walk This is the entrance to a resort where they are located the street that is semi circle at south pier dead ends here WAAAYTOOO, Snotarni and Pooch 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack805 Posted April 2, 2023 Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 Just booked this for my sailing to the ABC islands next month. Saw info posted from someone on my sailing who has went with them twice before and looks to be amazing. Can't wait to try it out and enjoy what the Caribbean has to offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac66 Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 We've done Woodwind 3 times. Always a good time. Highly recommended. Well within walking distance of the ship. And if time runs short they will drop you off closer to the pier. Jack805 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack805 Posted April 4, 2023 Report Share Posted April 4, 2023 12 hours ago, mac66 said: We've done Woodwind 3 times. Always a good time. Highly recommended. Well within walking distance of the ship. And if time runs short they will drop you off closer to the pier. Have seen nothing but great things about Woodwind, and definitely a plus that they're so close to the pier. Good to know about them dropping off closer if time necessitates it, though I'm not too worried on this trip as all of the port days are quite long. Just trying to figure out how I'm spending the day in Aruba and Curacao now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac66 Posted April 4, 2023 Report Share Posted April 4, 2023 11 hours ago, Jack805 said: Have seen nothing but great things about Woodwind, and definitely a plus that they're so close to the pier. Good to know about them dropping off closer if time necessitates it, though I'm not too worried on this trip as all of the port days are quite long. Just trying to figure out how I'm spending the day in Aruba and Curacao now. Been to the ABCs a number of times. We did an off road vehicle/jeep tour to the wild side of Aruba which was really fun. I dived the other times we were there. In Curacao we've only done snorkeling or scuba. We are going back to the ABCs next Jan. I'm going to dive on either Aruba or Curacao but we are renting a golf cart and going beach hoping in Bonaire when we are there. Learned that from some cruise friends. Did Woodwind three times. Time for something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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