St. Thomas: Discover Scuba Diving vs snorkeling at St. John

[mcswacken917]

I'll be on the Icon of the Seas in November and we're debating between 2 shore excursions at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. Our goal is to see as much ocean life as possible! I've done a ton of research and it looked like the St. John Half Day Champagne Cat Sail Beach & Snorkel was probably our best option. Then 2 spots opened up on the Discover Scuba Diving excursion! I've reserved both so we can choose. After checking on YouTube, it looked like there was maybe one kind of fish seen on the Discover Scuba Diving tour and nothing else. Anyone who has done both excursions - or at least the Discover Scuba one - which is better for seeing wildlife? Was the video we saw fairly typical for the Scuba excursion? If you've done the St. John Cat Sail excursion, did you see lots of fish/other sea life?
Thanks so much!!

[dejavu21]

On 8/26/2024 at 2:58 PM, mcswacken917 said:

I'll be on the Icon of the Seas in November and we're debating between 2 shore excursions at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. Our goal is to see as much ocean life as possible! I've done a ton of research and it looked like the St. John Half Day Champagne Cat Sail Beach & Snorkel was probably our best option. Then 2 spots opened up on the Discover Scuba Diving excursion! I've reserved both so we can choose. After checking on YouTube, it looked like there was maybe one kind of fish seen on the Discover Scuba Diving tour and nothing else. Anyone who has done both excursions - or at least the Discover Scuba one - which is better for seeing wildlife? Was the video we saw fairly typical for the Scuba excursion? If you've done the St. John Cat Sail excursion, did you see lots of fish/other sea life?
Thanks so much!!

Hi, I am looking at doing the St. John Champagne Cat Sail Beach & Snorkel and was curious which excursion you ended up choosing.  If you did the St. John Champagne Cat Sail Beach & Snorkel I would love to hear your thoughts on it.