How is the snorkeling near Nha Trang? I am a diver and would plan to dive, but my wife does not dive, just snorkeling. Is the snorkeling off the beach easy to do with things to see or do you have to go out on a boat? We are planning a trip and Nha Trang was a place I heard good things about so it is on our list.
How are the conditions during November - December? Sorry for the questions, but appreciate an insight you can provide.
hi TeqP, as much as I dont want to share..
Nha Trang weather / Nha Trang Vietnam weather - best time to visit Nha Trang, but did some diving Dec last year and visibility was decent enough.
Snorkeling will be easy, best done at Moray beach where theres a resident school and much shallow corals to see,
Everyone leaves at around 8am-830 and return 1pm up (no trips in the afternoons). The trip starts at the dive center (some pick you up at you're hotel) where a van will take you to the pier/jetty, followed by a 40+ minute boat to the sites, lots of divers bring their non-diver wives and kids, not a problem and most of the time, all dive/snorkeling boats have a second floor platform to do sun bathing/tanning, for non divers to get away from the diver zone below, which can get pretty busy.
Usual trip will cost (with inflation) usd45 for two dives (used to be usd40 last year), snorkeling i think less than half of that, standard bread and jam will be served during the dive trip.
to be unbiased, you can google some of the dive operators I've seen in Vietnam,
Amigo Divers (Russian Run)
Angel Dive (French/Vietnamese run)
Coco Divecenter (French/German/vietnamese run)
Rainbow Divers (Padi 5 star)
Sailing club divers
Scuba Dive
Turtle dive
I've tried 3 outfits, its relatively the same service offered by everyone
hope this helps
