Grenada

Grenada: Underwater Sculptures & Flamingo Bay Snorkel Cruise

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 35

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Two reefs, one boat, and dogs that swim better than you do

You snorkel two different sites — the Molinière Sculpture Park with its submerged art installations, then Flamingo Bay's reef — with a guided tour at each stop, lunch buffet, open bar, and all snorkel gear included. The boat holds a shared group and takes four hours total from Grenada cruise port. You'll need to be a comfortable swimmer, and the crew brings life rings for safety but isn't there to teach you to snorkel.

Step-by-step itinerary

Depart from Grenada Cruise Port
Guided snorkel tour at Sculpture Park
Snorkel among sponges and sea fans
Spot eels, turtles, and stingrays

The Experience

Hands grip the boat rail as it pulls away from Grenada cruise port, and before you've even settled into your seat, two dogs are already moving around the deck like they own the place — because they do. They're part of the crew, and they're heading out to the Molinière Underwater Sculpture Park with you. The boat fills up with maybe twenty or thirty people, all here for the same reason: to see sculptures sitting on the ocean floor that nobody expects to find down there. It's a four-hour trip total, which sounds like a lot until you realize how much actually happens in that time.

The first stop is the sculpture park itself, and your guide walks you through what you're about to see before you even get in the water. The sculptures are real art installations, not just random statues — some of them have been down there long enough that coral's started growing on them, which is its own kind of beautiful. You get a fully guided snorkel tour, so you're not just floating around trying to figure out what you're looking at. The water's clear enough that even the top of the reef system, sitting around 2 to 5 metres down, is easy to see from above. You might spot eels, turtles, stingrays — the usual reef residents — but mostly you're there for the sculptures and the strangeness of finding art underwater. After that, the boat heads to Flamingo Bay, where the reef is different, softer somehow, and there's actual sand beach where you can stand and breathe for a minute.

Lunch happens before you sail, which is smart — a buffet served on board so nobody's starving by the time you're back in the water. The open bar runs the whole way back to port, and yeah, rum punches are involved. Those boat dogs might join you for a swim to the beach, or they might just watch from the deck, depending on their mood. The crew has life rings if anyone needs them, though they're pretty clear that those are for emergencies, not for hanging onto for fun. You need to be able to swim to do this — they're not swimming instructors, just guides — and there's a weight limit of 270 pounds. All the snorkel gear is included, so you don't show up with your own mask.

The whole thing is a shared boat, which means you're not getting a private experience, but it also means the price stays reasonable and the boat actually leaves on time because there are enough people to make it worth running. Hotel pickup is optional and costs extra if you want it arranged in advance — otherwise you just show up at the cruise port. Sodas, WiFi, restrooms on board, all fees and taxes wrapped in. It's the kind of tour where you get two different reefs, lunch, drinks, and a story about the dogs in one afternoon.

What’s included

All snorkel equipment, lunch buffet served on board, open bar with rum punches and nonalcoholic beverages, WiFi, restroom access, guided snorkel tours at both the Molinière Underwater Sculpture Park and Flamingo Bay reef, all fees and taxes, and life rings for safety. Hotel pickup is available as an optional add-on arranged in advance.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Tours Grenada

Is this one for you?Book this if you're docked at Grenada cruise port and want to see two different reefs and an underwater sculpture park without arranging transport or gear yourself — the four-hour window fits a port day, and everything from entry to lunch to drinks is already sorted.