Anyone know anything about surfboards/body boards/boogie boards?

[Cleo]

I have no interest in surfing not to mention the ocean down here rarely has more than tiny 3 foot or less waves.

We have reefs starting about 200 yards out that we snorkel and sometimes we swim to them, sometimes we kayak to them and sometimes use pool floats to get to them.

Swimming out to them kind of sucks because we can't relax and chill between snorkels without swimming all the way back to the beach. Kayaking works great but without any decent beach launching sites it's a real hassle getting them in the ocean. Pool floats are nice once we get out but swimming with a pool float is like paddling a brick.

I was thinking a surfboard or body board or maybe even a boogie board would be a way to quickly get out to the reefs and also provide enough lift to relax on between snorkels.

I know nothing about boards, never even been on one but I see used ones of Craig's list for under a hundred bucks but I'm not sure how big or what to look for in a board that would keep me floating on the surface with all my gear on.