GSC snorkeling questions

[/b This will be our first time to GSC. I read that they have a snorkel trail, is this only available if you do the excursion? Or can anyone do this? Is the excursion with a group or is this on your own and the cost is just for the equipment? We plan on bringing our own gear and hope to hit the adult beach. Any suggestions would be helpful. Most likely the only time we will get off the ship on this cruise.

Joni

An "excursion" will be with a group.

You can snorkel on your own, but probably not in the "excursion" area.

You can snorkel with your own equipment in the same area, you must rent a vest for $5 if you don't have one.

Where is the area on the island? Any easy ways to find it?

We are debating doing a cruise with a stop there and trying to find what we can do. Not much of a sit on the beach do nothing all day.

Is there much of an area we could take a good long walk?

The snorkeling area is straight out off the main beach- you can't miss it. And you can take your own equipment (or rent theirs) and go by yourself- absolutely no need for an "excursion" for that, unless you felt more comfortable with a group. It's really very good snorkeling too.

The island is quite big- lots of opportunity for walking- just walking all the way to the lagoon area (opposite end of the main beach) took about 15-20 min doing it leisurely. I hear there are also some trails to other parts of the island but we didn't take them. It's really nice- one of our favorite stops.

We are also wanting to snorkel, but we are not strong swimmers how deep is the water for snorkeling?