Snorkelling at Madera?

While we stay just above La Madera beach, I've never snorkeled there. We spend our beach days at Otilia's on Las Gatas. The reef is a bit lower at that end, so you can swim across and snorkel on the bay side of the reef, where there is more to see than on the beach side.

For sure! Enter near the rocks on the east end and work your way towards Casa Sandbar! We snorkel there and see people snorkelling almost every day. Earlier the better, and be respectful of the shellfish harvesters who are working there every day. Turtles, eels, rays, decent amounts of fish. If you are a strong swimmer continue all the way around the point to La Ropa.

I've snorkelled at Madera and generally find the water a bit too murky as a result of the surf and the fine sand at that beach. Las Gatas or Isla Ixtapa better bets, but I have enjoyed the water with a mask and snorkel at Barra. There are some big and fast fish out at that beach.