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Reef Check Foundation
5760 Lindero Canyon Rd. #1116
Westlake Village, CA 91362
USA
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+1-310-305-1081
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Calling all underwater photographers!
We’re gearing up for the 2025 dive season and looking for volunteer photographers to help capture our efforts and the beauty of the US west coast pacific coast.
Your photos will help us tell the story of kelp forest conservation—supporting our outreach, training, and science communication efforts.
Here’s what to know:
📊 This is a volunteer role, secondary to data collection
📸 You’ll capture images during surveys (surface + underwater)
🧑💻 Requires some photo uploads and occasional social sharing
🤿 Open to all Reef Check survey divers
Thanks to everyone who contributed stunning images last season—and to those who gave feedback to help us improve for 2025. We’re excited to make this year even better.
Interested? Reach out via DM to get involved.
📸: @underwaterpat
#ReefCheck #UnderwaterPhotography #KelpForest #OceanConservation #MarineConservation #ColdWaterDiving #DrysuitDiving #CitizenScience #ScubaDiving
You’re invited to the Caspar Cove Webinar on Monday, April 28 | 4:30–6PM PST.
Join us for a deep dive into one of California’s most exciting, community-powered ocean restoration efforts.
We’ll be sharing updates on the experimental kelp recovery project at Caspar Cove, where volunteers, divers, scientists, and agencies are teaming up to remove purple sea urchins and give bull kelp a fighting chance.
What to expect:
🔹 Latest results and impact from the field
🔹 How regulations are shaping this work
🔹 Plans to protect and expand the effort
🔹 Ways to get involved
Our panel of experts include: Reef Check, Watermans Alliance, The Nature Conservancy, Blue Harmony Foundation, Cal Poly Humboldt, Ocean Protection Council, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Don’t miss this conversation:
🧜♂️ RSVP via link in bio
📍 Zoom | Monday, April 28
🕟 4:30–6PM PST
Let’s protect our coastlines, one cove at a time.
📸: @petegyoga @blue_harmony_ocean @caspar_cove_project
#CasparCove #KelpRecovery #OceanRestoration #ReefCheck #MarineConservation #HelpTheKelp #CommunityScience #CitizenScience #UnderwaterRestoration
Northern California divers 👇
Join us on Saturday, April 26th, 2025 for our first monthly Sea Urchin Removal Event of the season at Caspar Cove on the beautiful Mendocino Coast!
Why? Purple sea urchins have overrun the reef, devastating local kelp forests. With your help, we can restore balance and give kelp—and the entire marine ecosystem—a fighting chance.
Here’s what to expect:
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
Time: 8 AM to dusk
Location: Caspar Cove, Mendocino, CA
Bring: Dive or snorkel gear + a valid CA fishing license
Bonus: On-site air compressor available for tanks!
By volunteering, you’ll help restore kelp forests and connect with a passionate community of scuba divers.
These events happen every last Saturday of the month through September, so mark your calendars and make an impact!
More info + gear checklist at our link in bio.
#CasparCoveProject #UrchinRemoval #KelpRestoration #VolunteerDive #OceanConservation #DiveForKelp #SaveTheKelp #NorCalDiving #MarineRestoration #SeaUrchinCulling #ProtectWhatYouLove #CitizenScience #MendocinoCoast #ReefCheck #SeaTrees
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
Check that vis!
Doesn’t get better than this on the Mendocino Coast 30+ft
#reefcheckcalifornia #bullkelp #mpamonitoring #reefcheckfoundation
A huge thanks to the awesome volunteers who came out to help survey 3 sites in Point Arena!
🎥: @halcyon_offshore
