Selkie Snorkels Sitka

Selkie Snorkels Sitka Explore the colorful underwater worlds of Alaska’s wild outer coast on a snorkel tour with Selkie
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FYI! ❤️‍🔥
08/15/2024

FYI! ❤️‍🔥

Underwater residents 📍Join us to share the water with beauties such as these!
08/06/2024

Underwater residents 📍

Join us to share the water with beauties such as these!

Creatures of the deep ✨✨✨
07/23/2024

Creatures of the deep ✨✨✨

Hi friends! We are hosting an art party next Friday at our shop and art studio space! We will have art supplies and good...
07/12/2024

Hi friends! We are hosting an art party next Friday at our shop and art studio space! We will have art supplies and good vibes. Come hang, relax, unwind. We will also be working on a larger collaborative sculpture project to be exhibited later in the summer! All are welcome 🎨🎆🦭

6:30-9:30, 803 HPR

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday ✨🤿Born and raised in eastern Canada, our guide and social media manager Heidi now calls Sitka he...
07/01/2024

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday ✨🤿

Born and raised in eastern Canada, our guide and social media manager Heidi now calls Sitka her home. She gets out snorkelling every month of the year and spends as much time in the mountains skiing and hiking as possible, for both work and play.

One of her summer goals is to free dive to harvest crab! 🦀











Why snorkel in cold water? Being so far north, we have the advantage of more oxygen in the water, and therefore, more li...
06/26/2024

Why snorkel in cold water?

Being so far north, we have the advantage of more oxygen in the water, and therefore, more life 🌱

Photos by the talented Ellie







✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday ✨🤿Derek, another key pillar in the Selkie Snorkels world, is an avid adventurer and water enthus...
06/24/2024

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday ✨🤿

Derek, another key pillar in the Selkie Snorkels world, is an avid adventurer and water enthusiast hailing from Los Angeles, CA.

Committed to sustainability and fighting climate change, he has designed some of the world's largest battery energy storage systems.

He has his PADI Scuba Diver certification and has hung out with a myriad of marine life in the reefs of Roatan, Hawaii, Malaysia, and Thailand.

He captains a Pearson 31 sloop in the San Francisco Bay and dreams to sail to La Paz, Mexico on his blue water baby 'Les Bons Temps'. 🌊











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06/19/2024

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✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday ✨🤿Alyssa has been living in Sitka since 2015 and is originally from coastal Massachusetts. She i...
06/17/2024

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday ✨🤿

Alyssa has been living in Sitka since 2015 and is originally from coastal Massachusetts. She is an avid snorkeler and free diver and often harvests shellfish and seaweed when she's in the water near Sitka.

When she isn't snorkeling, Alyssa works as a freelance graphic designer, and has spent her recent summers working seasonally outdoors at a fish weir fifty miles north of Sitka, and also as a commercial fishing deckhand on troll and longline vessels.

She helps co-lead a community bicycle cooperative in Sitka called the Salty Spoke, and loves to bike and hike outside! 🤘🏻











Attn Sitka Locals: Co working & art space available 🖥️ 🪑 🤝🏼 The upstairs of our snorkel shop is a collaborative work spa...
06/15/2024

Attn Sitka Locals:

Co working & art space available 🖥️ 🪑 🤝🏼

The upstairs of our snorkel shop is a collaborative work space, and we are renting out spots to individuals looking for a brightly lit, centrally located community office space.

The cost is 99$/ month and will be available to rent year round, or month to month.

Please send us an email for more information. We are super excited to fill our space with like minded individuals from our community. 🌊

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday 🤿✨Born and raised in southeast, Amber grew up aboard a steel sailboat and currently resides on h...
06/10/2024

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday 🤿✨

Born and raised in southeast, Amber grew up aboard a steel sailboat and currently resides on her own sailboat, s/v Bonnie, with her grumpy cat Ula as her crew.

She is a PADI rescue/advanced open water diver who loves snorkeling and freediving. Amber has explored diving and freediving opportunities on every continent (including antarctica brrr).🥶











🌀 ATTN: Sitka locals 🌀Some of the lowest tides of the year this week. We have space available if you are looking to get ...
06/06/2024

🌀 ATTN: Sitka locals 🌀

Some of the lowest tides of the year this week. We have space available if you are looking to get out for a snorkel. Send us an email!

We also rent suits & gear if you want to get out on your own.









✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday 🤿✨Sheridan was born and raised in Sitka living the outdoor lifestyle. She enjoys fishing, huntin...
06/03/2024

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday 🤿✨

Sheridan was born and raised in Sitka living the outdoor lifestyle. She enjoys fishing, hunting, and anything to do with the ocean!

Sheridan is a regular subsistence and commercial fisherman. She now helps run the commercial salmon troller F/V Madrona with her boyfriend. She is from the Tlingit Kaagwaantaan Clan and was raised in the local cultural values.

Sheridan is an intermediate Tlingit language speaker and loves to share her cultural knowledge with others! Ask her to teach you a Tlingit phrase on your tour!

When she is not outdoors she is working as a local educator in the elementary grades. Sheridan's goal for this summer is to have a great time working outdoors absorbing all the adventure that Sitka has to offer! 🌞











✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday 🤿✨Peter is one of our most experienced guides, who loves to swim and hike and loves pizza. He re...
05/27/2024

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday 🤿✨

Peter is one of our most experienced guides, who loves to swim and hike and loves pizza.

He recently moved to an agricultural part of Oregon, but he day dreams about coastal shores, tidal pools, coves, sea kelp forests, and the many critters that live beneath Sitka’s ocean surface.

While he does enjoy harvesting abalones, rock scallops, and the occasional stray rock fish, he mostly enjoys to free dive for the sake of the gracefulness in being in the ocean. Catch him trying to blow bubble rings by your local ocean buoy! 🫧











Fitting in 🥷🏻 🐟 Thank you for everyone who has joined us so far this spring! We’re so grateful for an awesome start to t...
05/24/2024

Fitting in 🥷🏻 🐟

Thank you for everyone who has joined us so far this spring! We’re so grateful for an awesome start to the season.











Creature close ups 👁️ 👁️ The more you slow down, the more you see.
05/22/2024

Creature close ups 👁️ 👁️

The more you slow down, the more you see.











We are seeking 3 people based in Sitka to embark on our inaugural / beta / guinea pig snorkel artist residency. Includes...
05/21/2024

We are seeking 3 people based in Sitka to embark on our inaugural / beta / guinea pig snorkel artist residency. Includes studio space, supplies stipend, and of course access to all our snorkel gear.

DM for more info or to apply. 💦🌊💧🛁

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday 🤿✨First up we have the founder of selkie snorkels, Ellie Schmidt. From Denver, CO, Ellie is a sn...
05/20/2024

✨🤿 Meet-the-team-Monday 🤿✨

First up we have the founder of selkie snorkels, Ellie Schmidt. From Denver, CO, Ellie is a snorkeler, visual artist and filmmaker.

She has had the chance to snorkel in lots of amazing places, including Svalbard, Cape Cod, Unalaska, the Galapagos, North Carolinian swamps and Lake Michigan.

However, Sitka is her favorite place to snorkel and she loves sharing the underwater world of Sitka Sound with others.

You may see her around the shop, communicate with her via emails or be lucky enough to have her as your guide 🌸











Smiling faces out on a tour!🤿✨
05/19/2024

Smiling faces out on a tour!

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More tidepool beauty 🌱2 days until our first tour of the season 🪸
05/09/2024

More tidepool beauty 🌱

2 days until our first tour of the season 🪸









Our first tour is a week away! And this month has some of the lowest tides of the year. We can’t wait to explore the oce...
05/04/2024

Our first tour is a week away! And this month has some of the lowest tides of the year. We can’t wait to explore the ocean with you all ✨🐙

There’s still some open spots if you are looking to get out on a snorkel tour. Drop us a message or email!







﹏﹏﹏﹏ low tide ﹏﹏﹏﹏
04/22/2024

﹏﹏﹏﹏ low tide ﹏﹏﹏﹏





Our tour area, Magic Island, lit up with the Aurora borealis last night.
04/16/2024

Our tour area, Magic Island, lit up with the Aurora borealis last night.







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04/09/2024

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Ocean harvest Sockeye salmon- a local favorite caught in the summer monthsRock scallop- a delicacy harvested year round ...
04/05/2024

Ocean harvest

Sockeye salmon- a local favorite caught in the summer months

Rock scallop- a delicacy harvested year round by divers

If you’re visiting and want to try some local foods, check out Beak Restaurant







👋🏼 🌊 Hi! Come snorkel with us this summer! Info in bio 🔗
04/03/2024

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Hi! Come snorkel with us this summer! Info in bio 🔗







Hello all, and Happy Easter! Selkie Snorkels is seeking to hire a Shop Manager for this summer 2024, please feel free to...
03/31/2024

Hello all, and Happy Easter! Selkie Snorkels is seeking to hire a Shop Manager for this summer 2024, please feel free to email at [email protected] for more info (we don't check our Facebook DM that often so better to email, thanks!)

Underwater calm 🫧
03/25/2024

Underwater calm 🫧



🐙Dates are May 10-Sept 20, but flexible within those🦀We pay $150 per tour, up to 2 tours a day (plus tips! $$)🪸Small gro...
01/06/2024

🐙Dates are May 10-Sept 20, but flexible within those

🦀We pay $150 per tour, up to 2 tours a day (plus tips! $$)

🪸Small groups: 2-10 clients per tour

🐡Working hours vary, but always between 8:30am and 5:30pm

🐟You can design your own schedule, flexible dates ^^

🪼We take weekends off

🦈Preference for local guides, with water experience

🦭A great job for physical health, lots of swimming and cold water plunges involved

🐚Access to our locker of snorkel gear, including dive weights

🌊24/7 access to our office/coworking space/artist studio over the summer

🐠Awesome coworkers who take plenty of recreational snorkel adventures on our off days off

Are you or someone you know hoping to spend more time in the ocean? We are currently hiring 2-3 snorkel guides for the 2...
01/06/2024

Are you or someone you know hoping to spend more time in the ocean? We are currently hiring 2-3 snorkel guides for the 2024 summer season.

- Dates are May 10-Sept 20, but flexible within those

- We pay $150 per tour, up to 2 tours a day (plus tips! $$)

- Small groups: 2-10 clients per tour

- Working hours vary, but always between 8:30am and 5:30pm

- You can design your own schedule, flexible dates ^^

- We take weekends off

- Preference for local Sitka guides, with water experience

- A great job for physical health, lots of swimming and cold water plunges involved

- Personal access to our locker of snorkel gear, including dive weights

- 24/7 access to our office/coworking space/artist studio over the summer

- See how the ocean changes through the summer season

- Awesome coworkers who take plenty of recreational snorkel adventures on our off days

All ages (over 18), genders, walks of life encouraged to apply!
Please DM or email [email protected] for information on how to apply.

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Sitka, AK
99835

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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+13039067732

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We are grateful to operate & recreate on Lingít Aaní, the ancestral home of the Tlingit and Haida people. This is some of the most beautiful land in the world ✨

Keep you eyes peeled for salmon fry, which are slowly growing and gaining strength after leaving the rivers they were born in. Snorkelling in Alaska is special ✨ #selkiesnorkels#sitkaalaska#travelalaska#snorkelling#southeastalaska#visitsitka

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