newb question - snorkel and dive on same trip?

[momliz]

Some of us dive (will dive) and some don't. Would it be possible/feasible or safe for us to all go out with the same dive op and some dive and some snorkel? The divers will be restricted to shallower areas anyway since we will be new divers, and one of us is a kid.

If this would be possible, any recommendations on a dive op that could do this?

 

[Thatch Caye Belize]

All around the South Water Caye Marine Reserve is great for diving and snorkeling. Thatch Caye offers dives and snorkels in approximately the same locations and has two dive instructors to help newbies. They also have snorkel guides who go with the snorkelers and point out marine life to them. The areas that they do snorkels and dives in were just declared no fishing, conservation zones and the marine life there is abundant.