It is that time of the year that so many people are on their snorkeling vacation or a vacation with a little snorkeling. Either way it is important for you to take care of your snorkel equipment so when the next time you use it, your snorkel equipment takes care of you and your family.

Although the following is important after each snorkel adventure, it is more important that before you put away your snorkel gear in your closet or your garage, that you carefully know how to clean your snorkel equipment which includes your snorkeling vests.

The most important aspect of clean snorkel gear is USE FRESH WATER TO RINSE, repeat with fresh water and repeat again. This is the case whether your snorkeling adventures took you into salt or fresh waters. I want you to start reading our snorkel guide, Snorkeling Gear, Care & Maintenance which will cover all topics for keeping your gear clean.

If you just used your snorkel, here is how to Snorkels, Clean it and Store. And for your Fins, Clean & Store, and for your mask, click to Masks, Clean & Store. For those who use a snorkeling vest, we also have a topic on Snorkeling Vests, Clean & Store and we even have a topic on Snorkel Equipment Bags and Wetsuits & Lycra Suits.

It is important to take care of your snorkeling equipment because if you dont, you will be purchasing new snorkel gear before your next trip at SnorkelingOnline.com.  Please email us or call us on our toll free, 877-460-9515 if you have any questions, we are here to help.

Are their other uses for snorkeling goggles? Well there are a lot of people who think so.

I read a lot of blogs and I have to giggle when I read how when it is raining like cats & dogs or the winds are up to 30 miles per hour in certain parts of the country and people have to go out and feed the animals or get in their car. The writers think that they can just put on their snorkeling mask and keep their eyes protected from the environments. Now what happens when we put on our snorkeling masks? How do we breathe? Through our nose and then guess what happens. Your lenses fog up and any environment will not help your sight!

I googled trying to find pictures but could not find any, but I will continue looking for a person with their snorkeling mask on with fogged lenses.

What uses besides snorkeling, do you use your snorkeling mask?

We often get asked about used snorkel equipment, like my snorkeling mouthpiece is broken, should I buy a new one? Well that depends. Is the mouthpiece on your snorkel replaceable? If the answer is no, unfortunately you need to purchase a new snorkel. The tabs on the snorkel mouthpiece keep the mouthpiece in your mouth and without the tabs, it is extremely difficult. When you purchase your next snorkel, read the description to make sure that the mouthpiece is replaceable. Another tip is to make sure that your snorkel is made of silicone versus rubber.

Notice Photo A does not have a replaceable snorkel mouthpiece whereas in Photo B, the snorkel mouthpiece is replaceable.

Read more at Snorkels, Select the Right One.

Snorkel Equipment is a big part of snorkeling. Actually without it, you can not say you were snorkeling. I dont know what you would call it. That is just one question that we receive.

Our job is to make your snorkeling experience an enjoyable one and answering emails and the phone is part of our job. And I do have to giggle with some of the questions that we receive. Besides the common questions and comments about snorkel equipment, here is one of my favorites and I asked Roy to answer this. The common question is “Why am i so afraid of the ocean?”

It is quite common to have a “fear” of the ocean. It is huge and can be very intimidating. I am a scuba diver and did a lot of diving in lakes and freshwater bodies of water but it was a year before I did my first ocean snorkel trip with my new snorkel equipment.

I walked out onto the beach the first day and went “wow that’s big” (talking about the ocean not anything else LOL). You start thinking of things like how deep is it and what’s in there and until you actually go and do it, it can make you nervous. I have turned my fear into a healthy respect for the ocean and the more I snorkel it, the more respect I accrue.

The night before leaving for my ocean trip, I was too excited to sleep and ended up watching JAWS and JAWS II which really isn’t advisable before leaving for your first Ocean snorkel trip. When I got into the water though I was a little disappointed at not seeing a shark. I said “a little” disappointed mind you. I saw a lot of other neat critters thoughand am happy that I am one of those people who are able to explore the other 78% of this earth’s surface.

Find out the neat stuff about the ocean, grab your snorkeling mask and snorkel, begin to explore the shallow areas where you are comfortable. You will be surprised at some of the neat stuff you will see.