Snorkeling is a great equaliser. Any element of calculated cool is immediately stripped away the moment you pull on the bulky goggles and cram the mouthpiece into your gob. It’s kind of impossible to look cool, unless you happen to be Sean Connery in Thunderball.
The point of snorkelling though isn’t looking cool. The point of snorkelling is looking. Whether it’s looking at a groper with an underbite in Clovelly or trying to work out whether that thing lazily swaying down there is natural or someone’s togs lost on a cheeky late night dip. Everything takes on a new dimension underwater.**A couple of years ago, a good friend of mine and I founded the Okie Dokie Snorkel Dorkel Club and while we don’t claim to be experts, we’ve definitely copped a perve on many a pretty fish. Here are some trusty spots that we’d recommend along the Sydney coastline:
- Shelly Beach
- Congwong Beach
- Clovelly
- Gordon’s Bay
- North Bondi
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