World Snorkeling Day 2025
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My snorkeling heyday was in that time from 1967 through 1969 while I was in Key West, Florida existing as a Navy brat. I went swimming most days including Christmas Day and typically wore fins, a mask, and snorkel in the shallow areas around the island. A couple of my most favorite places were "The Jarhead" which was a boat ramp on the North side of Sigsbee Park where we lived and the Enlisted Men's Beach on the Naval Base a few miles to the South of where we lived. It was an idyllic time which also induced failure in my school work because I was distracted most of the time.
So I ended up doing things like making straight As on tests only to fail due to those zeroes a lack of homework submission added to the fray.
Today is World Snorkeling Day. It is observed each July 30. It promotes the joys of swimming with assisted breathing without air tanks and compressors and such.
I was a big fan of snorkeling back in the day. I was also an excellent swimmer back then as well. Regardless of how you take to the water I hope you'll have a happy World Snorkeling Day if the notion strikes you. There are far worse ways to spend your time in the warm weather near the oceans.