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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 entire coast of California.
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 14,000 surveys in 102 countries and territories. Our initiative is built on over 20 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 offering scholarships to qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds. The goal of our Scholarship Fund is to increase diversity in science and provide opportunities for participation in Reef…
Reef Check California’s 2021 training classes are now open for registration, providing five locations across the state to get involved in our kelp forest monitoring program as a citizen scientist…
After a summer spent monitoring the kelp restoration site in Fort Bragg, California, I noticed something peculiar- a boulder, deposited by a storm, anchoring a fully grown bull kelp; giving…
Atelier Aquatic recently conducted a special COVID-19 lockdown edition EcoDiver training in Sibaltan in the Palawan Province of the Philippines. The new monitoring team will conduct surveys in this vital…
Counted by Reef Check California divers during fish surveys, the Cabezon is the only species of sculpin monitored by Reef Check. Their common name translates to “big head” in Spanish, owing to their bulky head shape.
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.