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Reef Check / Global Reef Tracker
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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Aug 31
It’s the last day to make triple the impact for @reefcheck_baja ❗️
We’re fighting to keep this program up and running. A couple of our board members are helping us triple donations until September 1st. Reef Check Baja has connected divers in Baja and California to encourage collaboration in a world divided by arbitrary borders.
Want to see this program survive so we can continue collecting important reef data in Mexico? Donate any amount and see it make triple the impact. Use the link in our bio.
📸: @sevengillshark @karimiliya @kogia_org
#bajacalifornia #scubadiving #oceanconservation #marinebiology
Aug 28
Urchin culling is part of the effort to reestablish kelp forests along the West Coast of the United States. In total for 2026, Reef Check volunteers completed 6,214 minutes of culling. In that time underwater, scuba divers culled 87,140 purple urchins and 5,147 red urchins.
This effort is bringing balance to the ecosystem once found in these waters, all while entertaining the local rockfish community. With more manageable numbers of urchins in the area, kelp will be able to thrive once again.
This work was supported by @oregonkelp under the @noaafisherieswestcoast grant.
#scubadiving #oceanconservation #marinescience #kelpforest
Aug 26
Help us recover funding for @reefcheck_baja
We’re running a 3x donation campaign to cover the loss of funding for this incredibly important effort. That means whatever you donate will be tripled by board members proposing this campaign.
Reef Check Baja is a three-year-old binational effort designed to increase data collection capacity along the West Coast of North America. People from the United States and Mexico have come together since its inception to learn the techniques required to collect important long-term scientific data.
Support the science and conservation efforts in Mexico at our 🔗
#bajacalifornia #scubadiving #oceanconservation #nonprofit #fundraising
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
Check that vis!
Doesn’t get better than this on the Mendocino Coast 30+ft
#reefcheckcalifornia #bullkelp #mpamonitoring #reefcheckfoundation