Moorea Sea Scooter Snorkeling Tour

About This Experience

Moorea Water Games runs this snorkeling trip on handheld sea scooters, small motorized propellers you hold in front of you so they pull you along the surface. Tours leave from the nautical center at the Sofitel Kia Ora Moorea on the island's northeast coast, next to the dive center, and are led in English and French in small groups. A round-trip transfer is available as a booking option.

After a safety briefing, a captain takes the group by boat to the snorkel spots. Recent guests describe three stops, with coral gardens, anemonefish, stingrays, turtles, blacktip or nurse sharks and, on some days, dolphins. The scooter does most of the work, so you cover more reef with less effort. Soft drinks and a 0.5-liter bottle of water are included, and there is an optional photo and video package from the guide.

This is a lagoon trip, not a whale tour. Outside whale season, or on a day away from the open ocean, the lagoon's turtles, rays and reef sharks are the main attractions, and the scooter makes them easier to reach for anyone who tires quickly with fins. The trip runs rain or shine.

Children under 10, people over 70, pregnant women and people with limited mobility can't join. The only three-star review mentions a late start, fingers straining on the throttle over a long session, and a guide from another operator throwing food to the rays nearby, which the reviewer disliked.

Prices start from $161 per person, with a 5.0 rating from 99 reviews. You can cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a full refund.

Highlights

• Sea scooters pull you along, so there is little finning
• Three snorkeling stops, according to recent guests
• Turtles, stingrays, blacktip reef sharks and coral fish, with dolphins on some days
• Optional photo and video package from the guide
• Small groups led by guides reviewers name as Nico and Manu
• Free parking at the Sofitel Kia Ora Moorea resort

What's Included

• ✓ Sea scooter and snorkeling equipment
• ✓ Guided tour with a safety briefing
• ✓ Boat to the snorkel spots with a captain
• ✓ Soft drinks and a 0.5-liter bottle of mineral water
• ✓ Round-trip transfer (if that option is selected)

Not Included

• Food
• Alcoholic drinks
• Gratuities

What to Bring

• Swimwear
• Towel
• Mineral sunscreen
• GoPro or waterproof camera if you have one

Good to Know & Caveats

• The tour runs rain or shine.
• Food, alcoholic drinks and tips are not included.
• Arrive about 10 minutes before the meeting time; the Nautical Center entrance is past the K Restaurant.
• Do not feed fish: feeding sharks is illegal in French Polynesia, and the official Moorea guidance asks visitors not to feed any fish.
• This is a lagoon snorkeling trip; it is not a whale-watching tour.
• Holding the scooter throttle for a long time can tire your fingers.

Meeting Point

The Nautical Center of the Sofitel Kia Ora Moorea, next to the dive center and past the K Restaurant; free parking inside the resort.