Monkey point was already on my list of snorkel locations, however we also got a local recommendation that it was a hot spot. That moved it from “option” to “must see”! We weren’t disappointed. 😉
Monkey Point is located in the south of Guana Island and it has a magical, white sand beach where you can unwind after exploring the aquarium like waters. Nice walls and smaller rocky formations make the dive very captivating; they are also home to smaller fish and invertebrates that decided to hide here.
Explore the small caves, try to identify as many fish species as possible as this site is full of colorful fish. Bluestriped grunts and yellowtail snappers, yellow jacks, cuttlefish and friendly turtles will surround you in these blue waters; some of the fish are so used to visitors that they will let you touch them.
In addition to fish (and a single lurking shark), this area was also full of colorful flamingo tongue snails. They’re close to the surface and don’t swim away, so it was open season for photographing them!
