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Is it easy to rent good snorkeling gear, or bring my own?

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Mia Williams•21420 rep•2

I am trying to travel light. Can I reliably rent a well-fitting mask and snorkel at the beaches, or is the rental gear usually broken and leaky?

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Bring your own mask, rent the fins. The rental masks at the beach shacks are usually cheap plastic, heavily scratched, and leak constantly. A good silicone mask takes up almost no room in your backpack.

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Sven Eriksson•26670 rep•2

Good advice. I will pack my own mask and snorkel tube.

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Mia Williams•21420 rep•2

If you go on a dedicated boat tour (like Pigeon Island), the dive shops provide decent gear. But if you just want to swim off the beach at Polhena, the shack rentals are terrible.

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