To learn more about how your support will make a difference or for any questions, contact Brooke Truesdale at btruesdale@reefcheck.org or +1-619-454-4649.
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To learn more about how your support will make a difference or for any questions, contact Brooke Truesdale at btruesdale@reefcheck.org or +1-619-454-4649.
Keep in touch with Reef Check and get the latest news about our initiatives to help preserve and monitor our oceans and reefs. We’ll update you on recent dives, current events, and new information about Reef Check programs. Join the wave and get involved.
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Jun 3
Ocean conservation isn’t just for scientists or scuba divers. Small, simple choices and lifelong activism commitments compound together across communities to make an impact.
Here are a few ways YOU can help protect our ocean ecosystems:
Start small
• Buy less, but when you do buy, choose items that make less trash
• Pick up litter at the beach, park, or neighborhood storm drains
• Learn the names of local marine species and ecosystems
Support through awareness
• Share your ocean knowledge with friends
• Follow and amplify marine conservation organizations
• Attend public talks, film screenings, or community science events
Contribute to the cause
• Log wildlife observations on apps like iNaturalist
• Report marine mammals, invasive species, or pollution events in your area
• Donate to marine conservation efforts
Get involved in your local community
• Join beach cleanups or habitat restoration days
• Volunteer at aquariums, nonprofits, or marine education events
• Show up at town halls/meetings to advocate for conservation policy
Conservation succeeds when communities participate. Long-term monitoring, public engagement, restoration, education, advocacy, and everyday stewardship all matter.
No individual has to do everything. We all just need to do something.
We’re in this together.
#oceanconservation #climatechange
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Jun 1
New EcoExpedition in Madagascar!
Combine exploration, education, and conservation on the reefs surrounding Sakatia Island, home to more than 400 coral species and an incredible diversity of reef life.
Led by longtime Reef Check EcoDiver Trainer Christian Solterer, this 14-day field course will train participants in:
🔬 Reef Check and Coral Watch survey methods
🐠 Fish, coral, and invertebrate identification
📊 Coral reef monitoring and conservation techniques
Programs like this help expand global reef-monitoring networks while empowering divers to contribute directly to marine conservation research.
📍Location: Sakatia Island, Madagascar
📚 Courses offered in English, French, and German
Interested in joining the expedition? Learn more at our 🔗
#scubadiving #divetrip #CoralReef #CitizenScience #marinebiology
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May 29
Diving is life, but when you use that skill to support ocean science? That is next level.
We train community scientists to gather data about reefs worldwide. See the diving requirements on our website and start working toward becoming a Reef Check diver this year.
DM us if you have questions!
#scubaaddict #reefrestoration #kelpforest #marinescience #scubadiving
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Congrats to the newest group of Reef Check Kelp Forest Monitoring divers! This group completed the NorCal training in Fort Bragg last weekend. Great job everyone, looking forward to diving with you all this season! ...
Congratulations to our Northern California Tribal Cohort #1 participants for completing their @nauiworldwide Advanced Scuba Diver course! We had gorgeous conditions at Van Damme State Beach
@reefcheckfoundation
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Check that vis!
Doesn’t get better than this on the Mendocino Coast 30+ft
#reefcheckcalifornia #bullkelp #mpamonitoring #reefcheckfoundation
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