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Dealing with sudden setbacks
This morning, our team discovered that a huge ringnet with ropes and weights was cast across the coral nursery area, dragging along half...
May 3, 20232 min read
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Coral in the swimming pool
Coral reefs are one of the most vibrant and diverse ecosystems on our planet, but they are also one of the most threatened. The good news...
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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Withstanding the waves with metal
One of the challenges we have faced in our coral reef restoration efforts is finding a suitable structure for outplanting corals. In the...
Feb 1, 20231 min read
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Marine biologist + Divemaster volunteer position
We are looking for a graduated marine biologist with a special interest in corals to help out with our coral reef restoration pilot...
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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Outplanting corals to bottles
Today, our marine biologists Luna and Nancy embarked on an exciting coral reef restoration project. After carefully harvesting a...
Dec 29, 20221 min read
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Ghost net recovered from donor reef
By the end of an orientation dive on our donor site we came across a fishing net at the reef. The 20 meter long net seemed to be...
Dec 9, 20221 min read
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Looking after our coral nurseries
The weather conditions haven't been much better in the period of August and September, but we found a few good opportunities to get out...
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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Fingers crossed and ropes entangled
The weather conditions in June and July are generally not the best for diving in Diani, so we hadn't been able to check upon our coral...
Jul 26, 20221 min read
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Attacked by unknown sea creature
During a maintenance dive last week we noticed that six of our coral tree nurseries were barely buoyant. We discovered that all the white...
Jun 21, 20221 min read
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Fish trap turns into fish shelter
For a new experiment we asked our captain Ali if he could arrange a traditional fishing trap for us. Not to catch fish, but to create an...
May 27, 20221 min read
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New volunteer welcomed by a snake eel
In March we have trained a few more enthusiastic scuba divers to become Coral Reef Restoration Divers. Shelby became our latest volunteer...
Mar 24, 20221 min read
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Reef Rangers from Shimoni visiting Diani
During the month March we found the coral tree nurseries covered by a lot of algae. Since this obstruct the growth of the corals, the...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
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