Help!! Snorkeling from shore - which beach/etc.

Hi everyone!

Our little family of 3 will be headed to Curacao in about 2 weeks. We have the odd Breeze itinerary of 1pm-10pm. I've heard there's good snorkeling from shore. Our ds is 4 1/4, so we will either take him and switch on and off, or check him into camp if it's not a beachy fun place for him too.

Which beaches should we look into? My wish list (lol) closer to port, not at the seaquarium, food/drinks nearby, chairs/changing area... (Too much?). I'd really like somewhere where we could rent the equipment nearby. I'm not a snorkeling snob, but I'd like to go to a place with good snorkeling :)

When we typically go snorkeling, we take an excursion through the ship, with ds in camp.. But I can't find anything through the ship that looks decent.

Help! Please!!

Go to the beach at the Marriott. 5 minutes from the ship..great snorkeling from shore..just bring a towel or blanket since you can't use their lounges.

is a 30 min taxi drive away...there is a restaurant , showers,restrooms and many lounge chairs with shade. There is a dive center there- manybe they have snorkel equipment...Try to google them or do a CC search. It is well worth the trip. Lots of concrete balls sunken in 10 ft of water with many fish. Calm water for snorkeling.

You can also check out Blue Bay.

Porto Marie is great for snorkeling, but in my opinion too far to leave your child on the ship. But that's your call, of course.

Just got got from Curaçao and we booked a snorkel excursion with Scubacao. It was awesome! Small group, 3 stops, 2 secluded beaches (we were the only ones there) and the blue room which requires jumping into water. Soooo awesome!

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how hard is it getting out of the water at the blue room? My wife is worried she will have to climb up rock.

Blue Bay was great! Through Carnival!