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snorkeling
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thumb|A snorkeler amid corals on a [[coral reef near Fiji]]
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Equipment
- Snorkel
- Plain snorkel
- Full-face snorkel mask
- Diving mask
- Swimfins
- Exposure protection
- Weight belt
- Snorkeling vest
- Operation
- Practice of snorkeling
- Underwater photography
- Safety
- Snorkeling locations
- Variants and related activities
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|A snorkeler amid corals on a [[coral reef near Fiji]]
Snorkeling (snorkelling in British and Commonwealth English) is the practice of swimming face-down in a body of water while breathing the ambient air through a shaped tube called a snorkel, usually with swimming goggles or a diving mask, and swimfins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit is also worn. The use of this equipment allows the snorkeler (British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkeller) to observe the underwater environment for extended periods with relatively little effort, and to breathe while face-down at the surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “snorkeling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.