Cano Island is one of the best snorkeling spots in Costa Rica. It's a 1.5 hour boat ride out to the island from Uvita. For our tour, we went with Mad About Diving - a tour operator in Uvita that does both scuba diving and snorkeling trips to Cano Island. Our trip had 4 snorkelers and 3 scuba divers.

During the boat ride out to the island we saw lots of dolphins. Then once we reached the island, we did 2 swims. One close to the shore with lots of small colorful fish (puffer fish, angel fish, parrot fish, etc.), sting rays, and sea turtles. And a second one a couple of hundred yards out where there were larger schools of fish. Though we didn't see any, our guide told us that occasionally they see mana rays and whale sharks at the second spot.

On the way back to Uvita, we saw more dolphins and lots of sea turtles sunning themselves on the surface.