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Travel opportunity... snorkeling

in the waters off Rurutu, a tiny outpost in the Australs of Tahiti...

a world-class snorkeling site, Oahu’s Hanauma Bay ...

Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort, Fiji ...

Anse Chastanet, which sits right around the corner from the twin pitons that define this island nation, has the lion’s share of St. Lucia’s lush, shallow snorkeling right off its doorstep...

There’s no water in the world with the same spellbinding shades of blue as those found in the lagoons of Tahiti. One of my favorite snorkeling secrets is on a sand bank off Moorea in just three feet of water. Just outside Cook’s Bay, Stingray World will put you face to face with dozens of friendly and elegant stingrays...

It’s a long way to go — fly to Sydney, then transfer to a prop plane and head to a lonely outpost about 350 miles away in the southern Pacific — but as soon as you show up on Lord Howe, the time you spent getting there becomes meaningless. It’s like arriving on one of those islands people talk about but that don’t seem to appear on any maps. Here, you’ll find one of my favorite places to convene in the mermaid’s realm: Ned’s Beach. You’ll literally wade through six-foot-long kingfish to explore a pristine shallow reef that’s the most southerly on the globe. Endemic McCulloch’s anemonefish carpet the reef. Rare double-headed wrasse, hawksbill turtles and nearly 500 other species contribute to the remarkable mix of temperate and tropical marine life found here.