Icacos Island Catamaran Tour from Fajardo: Snorkel and Picnic Cruise
Five hours aboard the Barefoot IV out of Villa Marina: a 45-minute sail to Cayo Icacos, beach time, a sandwich buffet on board and a snorkel stop on the reef after lunch.
Updated 13 October 2026
In shortThe Barefoot IV sails from Villa Marina in Fajardo to Cayo Icacos for a 5-hour day with beach time, a sandwich buffet on board and a snorkel stop on the reef after lunch, from $138. The crew runs the day in English, and the catamaran has a bathroom, which the cay does not. It suits first-timers, families and anyone who wants food, drinks and snorkel gear handled on board.
5 htour length
from $138per adult
★ 4.82587 reviews
up to 44people per group
What the Icacos island catamaran tour from Fajardo includes
The boat is the Barefoot IV, a sailing catamaran that leaves Villa Marina in Fajardo and anchors off Cayo Icacos, about 1.5 nautical miles northeast of the coast. Check-in is 8:30 a.m. at the latest and the sail out runs about 45 minutes. The day lasts 5 hours, costs from $138 per adult and carries a 4.8 ★ rating from 2587 reviews, in groups of up to 44.
Lunch is a sandwich buffet: cold cuts, cheeses, tuna, chicken, pasta, green salad and fruit salad, with vegetarian options already in the spread. Bottled water, sodas, pina coladas and rum punch are poured on board, snorkel gear is provided, and local taxes and fees sit in the price. Beach toys such as volleyballs, footballs and paddles come out along with the flotation belts, subject to availability. Towels and gratuities are not included, so pack your own towel. Food allergies have to reach the operator at least 48 hours before departure, and for any other dietary restriction you contact the operator straight after booking.
Cayo Icacos is uninhabited and has nothing on it: no restrooms, no drinking water, no food stand, no trash collection, no shade beyond the palms and sea grape bushes, and no lifeguards, so swimming and snorkelling there are at your own risk. The bathroom on the catamaran is the only one you will see all day. Carry your rubbish back aboard with you. The cay lies inside the La Cordillera reef nature reserve, designated on 2 January 1980 and administered by Puerto Rico's Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales since 1991.
After lunch the catamaran moves to the shallow reef south of the cay, the water DRNA maps as the catamaran zone, where the usual stop is in about 18 to 25 ft. These reefs hold 83 fish species in 33 families and 39 stony coral species, including endangered staghorn coral in the shallows. Keep your fins off the bottom, do not touch the coral and do not stand on the reef: DRNA observed roughly a third of snorkellers kicking, touching or disturbing something.
Pick your dates on the early side of the year if you can. January through March is the calmest and clearest window, sargassum builds through spring and peaks in June or July, and the crowd on the cay climbs to a 2:00 p.m. high of about 598 people an hour across the study zones, which an 8:30 a.m. check-in beats comfortably. One rule catches people out: Administrative Order 2025-02, signed 10 March 2025, bans high-volume sound systems on boats and in the reserve's beach zones, with fines reaching $25,000 and the Cuerpo de Vigilantes on patrol.
Icacos catamaran cruise from Villa Marina
Beach time at Cayo Icacos, a sandwich buffet and drinks on board, then a snorkel stop on the reef. Check-in 8:30 a.m. at the latest.
Cayo Icacos Check-in at the dock is 8:30 a.m. at the latest. The sail to Icacos, or to one of the other Fajardo cays, takes about 45 minutes, and the catamaran anchors off the beach.
The morning is yours ashore and in the water: swim with the flotation belts, walk the sand, comb the beach for shells. The catamaran stays at the beach until after lunch, which is served on board, then moves to the reef for snorkelling over the coral and tropical fish. The crew hoists the sail for the run back to the dock at Villa Marina.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
Catamaran with a bathroom on board
Refreshments: bottled water, sodas, pina coladas and rum punch
Lunch sandwich buffet with cold cuts and cheeses, tuna, chicken, pasta, green salad and fruit salad
Vegetarian options in the buffet; for food allergies, contact the operator at least 48 hours ahead
Beach toys (volleyballs, footballs, beach paddles) and flotation devices, subject to availability
Use of snorkelling equipment
Local taxes and fees
Not included
Gratuities
Towels
Meeting point, pickup and cancellation
Meeting point: check-in is 8:30 am at the latest at the Barefoot IV catamaran, Avenida Marina View, Carr. 987 Km 1.3 Saldineras, Villa Marina, Fajardo, PR 00738. Past the main gate you will see boats in dry dock on the left, then a small gate on the left just after. Street parking is available.
Cancellation: for a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Ages: child 4-10, adult 11+
Other Icacos catamaran tours from Fajardo compared
All five of these leave from the Fajardo marinas, and what separates them is the start time, the hours on the water and what is served. The cruise on this page is the middle ground at 5 hours from $138 with lunch, drinks and a bathroom on board; the 6-hour day sail gives you more time under sail, the 5.5-hour tour checks in at 7:00 a.m. for clearer morning water, and the two 4-hour options put you back at the dock early.
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Icacos Deserted Island Catamaran, Snorkel, and Picnic Cruise (this page)
Book the Icacos island catamaran tour from Fajardo
Full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time. Dates in the January to March dry season go first, and the 8:30 a.m. check-in puts you on the beach well before the afternoon crowd.
