With summer here, the temperatures can get quite high… it is great time to cool off. Being in Chicago, we have a lot of swimming pools but I am more interested in the lakes or quarries where the fishies are.

When we think snorkeling in Florida, we think oceans or Gulf of Mexico, but did you ever think quarries? The Floridians call them Springs and the State of Florida has many State Parks that allow snorkeling. Now dont forget your snorkel mask, snorkel and snorkeling fins and now check out the snorkeling spots.

1) Ponce de Leon State Park

2) Fanning Springs State Park

3) Peacock Springs State Park

4) Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park

5) Dunnellon’s Rainbow Springs State Park

6) Ichetucknee Springs State Park

7) Salt Springs Recreation Area

Alexander Springs Recreation Area

9) Juniper Springs Recreation Area

10) Blue Spring

11) Wekiwa Springs

Read more about the snorkeling quarries in Florida by Terry Tomalin from the St. Petersburg Time.

A bunch of strangers decided to go snorkeling nude at the Base Magnetic Island Hostel in Australia. They tried to break the Guiness World Record but did not reach the 100 willing participants. I thought you might enjoy the picture, but to see more go to Asylum.com or TopNews.com.

courtesy of Base Magnetic Island / AFP / Getty Images

U.S. Tourist, Lauren Failla (NJ) died while snorkeling on her dream vacation at the Andaman Islands off the coast of India, after she recently graduated from Southebys Art Institute in London.

“We can confirm an American citizen was killed by a crocodile while snorkeling in the Andaman Islands,” Michael Tran, a U.S. State Department spokesman, said Wednesday, states the NYDailyNews.com.

According to the N.J.com, saltwater crocodiles are the worlds largest crocs, sometimes exceeding 20 feet and weighing more than a ton, according to National Geographic and they can swim great distances at sea.

Our hearts and prayers go out to Laurens family and friends.

Boat that aground off Kahe Point successfully removed… this article is about the winds that picked up in Hawaii and pushed the sailboat towards the shore and left the snorkelers behind.

This reminds me of the time we were on a snorkeling boat in Turks & Caicos and having a great time. We were suppose to be in the water for an hour and then we were to go to a beach for a picnic lunch. Well when we turned around to go back to the boat, it was gone. I laughed but there was many who were in the verge of panic. And all of a sudden the theme of “Jaws” was playing. We could see the shore but it was far and I am making excuses for the captain of the boat, he had an emergency at home or he went to get the lunches and wanted for us to continue to play in the water… so everyone calmed down and we continued to have fun. We figured that someone will see us eventually since there was at least 10 of us in bright yellow jackets and a boat would be coming by soon.

A boat did happen to drive by (2 hours later) and picked us up but it was not our original boat or our captain… it seems that our captain fell asleep (which is a HUGE NO NO) and the line that was tied to the mooring, came untied and the boat drifted off.

Whenever you find your self in a non-planned situation, DO NOT PANIC… and everything will turn out fine.