The reef is located right in front of Coral Gardens, you can't miss it just look for the orange bouys. You can't swim inside the bouys, but you can see lots of fish and coral on the outside. The reef extends past the bouys away from shore. Facing the water on your left you will see two sets of red & green bouys. If you snorkle out between the orange bouys and the other ones you will see a large sea turtle in the grass. We also saw 2 rays in that area as well. We never saw the baracuda but other people did. My wife and daughter aren't strong swimmers so we packed a few of those foam"noodle's" and they put them across their chest as they swam. They were also great for lounging on in the ocean.