loading...
Reef Check empowers people to save our reefs and oceans. Let’s work together to create a sustainable future through education, research, and conservation. Join us in our mission. We’re a team!
Every year, we train thousands of citizen scientist volunteers to survey the health of tropical coral reefs around the world and kelp forest ecosystems along the West Coast of North America.
Learn MoreReef Check has coordinators, teams, and EcoDiver training facilities in countries around the world. Since the first Reef Check coral reef monitoring survey in 1997, our EcoDivers have completed over 17,000 surveys in 102 countries and territories. Our initiative is built on over 25 years of global reef health data.
Learn MoreLingcod are ferocious predators with big mouths and lots of very sharp teeth. Usually seen in Northern California, they can grow to be around five feet long!
Keep up with Reef Check! Get the latest news and information about how we’re contributing to the global effort to save and preserve coral reefs and kelp forests.
Reef Check is excited to announce Aqualink as an official Global Reef Tracker partner for Reef Check’s coral reef data. Aqualink, a groundbreaking nonprofit offers an open source tool for…
After permitting unlimited take of sea urchins at Tankers Reef in Monterey since 2021, coordinated urchin culling efforts led by the Giant Giant Kelp Restoration Project (G2KR), concluded in July…
Reef Check’s Kelp Forest Monitoring Program continues to expand with 2024 being our biggest year yet! We completed over 190 surveys in California, Oregon, Washington, Baja California, and British Columbia.…
Every year, scientific divers from all over the world come together for the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) symposium to learn about organizational updates, participate in professional certification courses…
Reef Check's tropical program is divided into regions such as the Indo-Pacific, Caribbean and the Red Sea. Find out more about our protocol here.
Become a Reef Check member or volunteer your time. You can even join our Adopt-a-Reef program and support our community-based monitoring and conservation of our coral reefs and kelp forests. Like the ocean, our opportunities to get involved are endless.