Hi! I want to visit Cape Maeda in April 2026. I don't want to do a full snorkeling tour (2 hours+) to keep flexibility with my time. I'm going with a group of friends (10 people). I was wondering if we could just buy snorkel mask and hop into the sea on our own and see some fish that way? We don't plan to swim far out, stay close to the stairs.
Is this plausible?
Thanks!
by seacow2002
2 comments
How good are your swimmers? Even in the sheltered left side the currents and waves can make cape maeda dangerous or deadly.
In ideal conditions its wonderful, but the reason to have a guide is to keep people from going in when it’s not safe or wandering too far.
We went there one day, found the waves were breaking right on the main stairs, and it was far too dangerous for swimming. We went to the sheltered side around the left of the cape and only our strongest swimmers went out to snorkel and they got exhausted swimming against the fast currents.
Went to check the blue cave on my own. no problem at all, even without fins.
Only annoying part were all the snorkeling and scuba tours – many barely able to swim – trampelling on the corals while being pulled through the water.