fun fact: snorkel is the same word in almost every language

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What are examples of it in languages where it isn't "snorkel"? It'd be interesting to learn why those languages adopted different words.

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French: tuba (for swimming) / schnorchel (for submarines)

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Is it a false cognate to infer that it's called "tuba" because it's a tube?

I think it’s a fair inference — it was occasionally called “tube” as well in the early days, apparently.

My own inference before checking Wikipedia was that it was called “tuba” by analogy with the musical instrument, but I can’t see any reference to that