Family snorkeling

[Jeanie]

Hello,

We are a Swedish family, two adults and two children, 6 & 10 years old, coming to Cebu the 10 th of Feb and staying for a month.

Me and my husband are both divers, but when we travel the whole family we usually most snorkel and freedive, and maybe just do a few dives. Both the kids snorkel and the oldest is quite a freediver. We when we go "on tour" we bring a small rubber boat where the kids can rest when they get tired of snorkeling.

None of us have been to this area before and the more we read, the more nice places we find. But now we´ve decided we have to choose three places. Our main interest is this:

We want to stay in a bungalow directly on the beach where there is good snorkeling directly from the beach. Preferrably no strong currents. It is also good with nice snorkel/freediving points accessible by boat.

What should we choose? Alona beach (is there good snorkeling from shore there?) Balicasag? Cabilao? Siquijor- what beach? Apo island?

We haven´t booked anything yet but feel we need to at least choose where to begin. We would be so grateful for advice!

[Lai]

Apo Island would be the best for you and your family. I've been there couple times and the experience was fantastic. From snorkeling to diving. You will see all kinds of large fish species. They have good snorkeling from shore too.