Seven Seas

The Seven Seas Balneario in Las Croabas, Fajardo, isn't a great bathing beach but does offer very nice snorkelling. Park beyond the balneario, by the small trailer encampment. Walk out along the beach to the right for approximately a quarter-mile. You will find many nice corals and gorgeous fish in the clear waters just offshore here. Further out there are even underwater caves, for more experienced snorkellers.  Consider wearing pool shoes, as the beach sand is fairly abrasive, and sea urchins are not uncommon.

This headland is part of the the Las Cabezas de San Juan Nature Preserve, host to every kind of tropical ecosystem present in Puerto Rico, except for rain forest. It has dry forest, mangrove swamps, rocky beach and sandy beach, in addition to the coral reefs offshore and the bioluminescent bay contained within.

To get to Seven Seas Balneario, take 53 north to Fajardo. Turn right at the first light, onto P.R. Route 194. Continue on P.R. Route 194 for quite a while; when you pass the entrance to El Conquistador hotel, the road becomes road 987. The entrance to the balneario is approximately 3/4 mile ahead on your left.