This product for only $4.95 could save your life, no really. What is it? It is the SOS Snorkel Whistle Housing. In the red circle in the picture to the left is the whistle. All you need to do is take the bottom of your snorkel (or purchase one of our snorkels) and pull the bottom off where the mouthpiece and the snorkel bore meet and replace it with this new Snorkel Whistle Housing. It fits all standard snorkels and does include a purge valve.
January 2010
What I have found with interacting with so many people is that most water lovers have a fish tank at home. Now I personally am not the person to ask on how to keep the fishies alive and happy but I have found so much help online. My favorite site is the Reeflounge forum. These guys are so smart with salt water and fresh water fish. Take a peek, it might just entice you to get another fish tank or a bigger one so you grab your snorkeling mask and jump in!
WOW IS THIS A POWERFUL AD? Great job OCEANA and thank you January Jones for being the face in this ad campaign to save the sharks.
The following is copied from OCEANA website.
January Jones in the shark pen at Bimini from Oceana on Vimeo.
You should be scared for sharks, too.
Movies such as “Jaws” have forever branded sharks as fearsome predators. This reputation couldn’t be farther from the truth as most sharks are not dangerous to humans at all. In reality, we should be scared for sharks, and not scared of sharks. Sharks have swum the world’s oceans since before the dinosaur era. They inhabit almost every ocean on Earth and are vital to the health of our planet.
Sharks are apex predators, meaning they are at the very top of the marine food web. Unfortunately, sharks are slow growing and have very few offspring, making them extremely vulnerable to overfishing.
Each year, humans kill more than 100 million sharks worldwide. Most sharks are killed for just their fins, which are used to make shark fin soup. Unable to rebound from overfishing, some shark populations have declined by 99 percent.
Learn more about Oceana’s campaign to save sharks.
National Geographic Snorkel Gear
Have you heard of it? We have been getting great reviews with the National Geographic Snorkeling Fit Fins for our traveling snorkelers. Add the National Geographic Tunny Mask & Snorkel and you have a great National Geographic snorkel equipment.
We have been getting great reviews on the National Geographic FIT Snorkeling Travel Fins. The fins are great for travel and have a soft foot pocket so no boots are needed. The snorkel package is sold for $73.95.
All National Geographic snorkel gear is sold in a snorkel package or can be purchased individual.
The following is from Wikipedia:
“Ichthyophobia is the fear of fish. Although the term technically refers to a specific phobia, in many contexts it may refer to any kind of fear of fish, such as fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish. Galeophobia is a subtype of ichthyophobia specifically focused on one species: sharks.”
Since “fear of eating fish” is mentioned fear of swimming with fish would fall into the same category. The article is fascinating and quite informative…if you want to read on Ichthyophobia.
I can more than understand that many not liking to swim with fish. It wasn’t until I became a scuba diver that I realized that it was more of a fear of not seeing them while swimming and having one nip at you. Now that I scuba dive I am no longer worrying about what’s below me because I can see them under the water on a more face to fish level. I also don’t eat fish and consider it as a sign of good faith that they won’t eat me LOL. To top it all off I have been teaching scuba and snorkeling for 25 years and currently work at a scuba diving facility, Visibility Unlimited and have come to appreciate the fish a lot more than I used to.
I love getting new gear for the store and being the buyer for SnorkelingOnline.com it seems like it is Christmas every day.
Our newest product is the Cressi snorkel equipment but the snorkeling gear that I want to talk about today is the Cressi snorkeling travel package. The Cressi snorkel gear includes the Cressi Palau SAF Fins, Sky II Mask & Gamma Snorkel with an awesome travel bag.
The size of the fins might have some fooled but they work great in the water and perfect size for the traveler. The Sky II mask has a silicone skirt with tempered glass and the Gamma Snorkel has a replaceable silicone mouthpiece and is semi-dry.
The snorkeling equipment can be purchased as a package or can be purchased individually for just the snorkel, snorkeling fins or snorkel mask. The fins come in 3 colors and 3 sizes.
I found a fun website that I thought I would share, National Parks Traveler, that talks about Americas National Parks. With our winter here, we all could use a break and I could not think of a better place to go snorkeling, in warm waters.
The site has a checklist for the U.S. Virgin Islands, that is a must to read. The Virgin Islands are located in the Caribbean and include St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John.
Of the three islands, St. John has the best snorkeling opportunities. I would suggest stopping at the visitor center in Cruz Bay to get a map of the best snorkeling sites. I wont go into details of lodging but they do have a very popular campground, Cinnamon Bay, which has fantastic snorkeling off of the beach and if you are not staying at Cinnamon Bay, you can still snorkel there.
In 2001 President Clinton established the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument to protect the coral reefs. The water surrounding the 12708 acres include coral reefs, seagrass bed, mangroves and sandy bottoms. A must for snorkelers.
Salt Pond Bay is another popular but quiet snorkeling site and sometimes called Concordia Bay which a trail leads you to the beach.
When you are packing your bags to go to St. John, dont forget your snorkeling gear. Have a fantastic vacation!
