Snorkel Trips

One of the great seasonal activities you can do on vacation in South Padre is to take a professionally guided snorkel trip.  Snorkeling in South Padre with American Diving offers you the most professional and experienced NAUI and PADI trained dive instructors. 

Seasonally, we have snorkeling trips up to 2 times a day aboard the MV Diver I.  We have the Island's only certified Snorkeling guides, Dive Masters, Snorkeling Instructors, and Dive Instructors.

The MV Diver I is a 60 ft, US Coast Guard inspected Diving/Snorkeling vessel, complete with air-conditioning, indoor/outdoor seating, fresh water shower and onboard restroom. Our snorkeling excursions go to the Laguna Madre Estuary or the South Padre Island jetties (as weather permits).

The trips are $25 dollars which includes all equipment, a tour of Whiskey Channel, and of tour of South Padre Island homes along the Thompson channel in our air-conditioned vessel with onboard restroom.  The total trips are generally 3 hours long with an hour of time being spent in the water.

Off shore snorkel trips for experienced snorkelers to the Iron Reef Little Sara are $60 pp which includes guide and equipment. The Iron Reef is 9 miles from shore in 95 feet of water.  All participants must be comfortable swimming and have prior experience using snorkeling equipment.

Fish found in the Bay:

Southern Stingray Garden Eel Yellow Goat Balloon Fish
Trumpet Fish Sargassum Fish Flounder Wrasse
Sergeant Major Grunt Spade Fish Mullets
Herring Hermit Crab Moon Jelly Fish Sand Perch
Sea Bream Shark Snooks Catfish
Triggerfish Whiting Jelly Fish Speckled Trout
Red Fish Black Drum Piggy Perch Minnows
Sea Lice Gar Shrimp Mangrel Snapper
Grouper Red Snapper Porgies






Other Tours Available from American Diving

  • Dolphin Watch Cruises
  • Sunset Cruises
  • School Field Trips
  • Winter Texan Trips

Call Now to make Reservations:
956 761-2030