TyGuy
Contributor
ive been diving for about 2 years now (all dives logged have been in new england waters) and the more i dive, the less i use my snorkel. ive only had to use it once in rough surf swimming back to shore, and even then it was totally necessary. this past month's scuba magazine even had an article debating the use for a snorkel. at times it can be annoying but in a surface emergency it could come in handy. personally, i think its a bit of a pain.