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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


Christmas workshops for children
Christmas is a time for celebrating and giving back, and what better way to do that than by participating in some fun and meaningful...
Dec 28, 20222 min read


Creating awareness among fishermen
Coral reefs are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, supporting a wide range of marine life and serving as important...
Dec 28, 20222 min read


Positive feedback on our pilot
Tinka Murk, professor dr. in Marine Animal Ecology at Wageningen University and one of the REEFolution Foundation's advisors, visited our...
Dec 23, 20221 min read


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


Involvement Beach Management Units
This month we were invited for a few meetings by the chairmen of the Beach Management Units (BMU) overseeing the fishing and watersport...
Nov 30, 20221 min read


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...
Oct 14, 20221 min read


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


Reef Ranger trainees going down under
Congratulations to our new PADI Open Water Divers, Cathrine, Nancy, Evans, Collins and Lireway! These local trainees are doing our reef...
Sep 2, 20221 min read


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


Training to splash in the ocean
Every day at Swahili Beach we organize swimming classes for our reef trainees. Since they want to become open water divers they need to...
Jul 1, 20221 min read


Glass bottle reef recycling
During a full day workshop at Swahili Beach we have produced 10 bottle reefs out of empty glass bottles. Currently there is no system in...
Jun 23, 20221 min read


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


Skeleton walls at secondary school
Last Wednesday we visited the Perani Secondary school near Lunga Lunga to teach 150 students about coral reefs and the importance to...
Jun 15, 20221 min read


First Reef Ranger Training Program
On June 6th we were excited to welcome 5 enthusiastic trainees for our Reef Ranger training program at Swahili Beach resort in Diani....
Jun 10, 20221 min read


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


Students on a swahili beach safari
On Saturday May 14th we were visited by 40 talented students from Perani Secondary and Lunga Lunga Secondary school. These local students...
May 17, 20221 min read


Water activities for Lost in Diani event
Once in a while we're organizing one of the activities for a Lost in Diani event at Swahili Beach. Our activity is all about coral reef...
May 2, 20221 min read


Team building workshop Nivea CEWA
On April 27th an amazing race has been organized for Nivea Central, East & West-Africa (CEWA) at Swahili Beach resort in Diani. We were...
Apr 27, 20221 min read


New REEF Ranger training program
We are looking for 4 marine biology graduates with a special interest in corals to enroll in our new REEF Ranger training program. This...
Apr 26, 20221 min read
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