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In 2017, marine biologist James Morin was snorkeling at night in the shallow Caribbean waters off the coast of Panama when he briefly switched on his flashlight.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 28, 2023

The Alexander Springs public swimming area in Florida’s Ocala National Forest was shut down temporarily Monday after an alligator bit a man while he was snorkeling.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Carol Murrell Maillet, of Seattle, was snorkeling along the wall near Fort Jefferson on Thursday afternoon when family members heard her screaming, Monroe County Sheriff’s officials said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

Three years later, it arrived in the mail along with a note from the woman who spotted it glinting on a coral reef while she was snorkeling off Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2020

Within an hour of parking, I was snorkeling with sea lions in Gulf of California waters containing the oldest of three coral reefs on the west coast of North America.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2018