Project AWARE

Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education

The Project AWARE Foundation is the dive industry’s leading non-profit environmental organisation with offices located in 175 countries of the world.

It works in partnership with divers and water enthusiasts to combat challenges facing underwater environments. These involve volunteers in hands-on environmental activities like International Cleanup Day and The International Whale Shark Project.

Project AWARE inspires conservation by incorporating its messages in dive training materials and creating awareness through education campaigns such as Protect the Sharks, Protect the Living Reef and AWARE Kids to name just a few.

Island Divers is proud to be an Official Project Aware Partner

We actively promote the work of Project Aware through regular Project Aware weekends where people can become actively involved in local and international initiatives. This also includes increased focus on a number of Project Aware and PADI specialities such as:

AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Course
Targeted at divers, snorkelers and ocean enthusiasts, this course includes an overview of coral reef ecology, a look at problems facing reefs and practical guidelines on responsible interaction in these fragile environments.

AWARE – Fish Identification Specialty Course
This course introduces divers to the most common fish families in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. It emphasizes the importance of Project AWARE and involves people in identifying and recording local fish populations.

Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Course
Divers learn to fine tune their buoyancy skills, helping to prevent disturbance of underwater environments.

Project AWARE Specialty Course
Divers and nondivers learn about the plight of aquatic ecosystems and how they can help protect them. Current environmental issues and the status of endangered underwater habitats are also explored.

Underwater Naturalist Specialty Course
This course is an introduction to many types of aquatic life and an overview of responsible human interactions. Students learn dive techniques to help preserve underwater environments.

For details of our next Project Aware weekend, phone or email us.
“We want to feel that our children, their children and generations to come will be able to enjoy the underwater world that has given us so much. There are so many significant problems facing mankind, but as divers, this is truly our cause. If divers do not take an active role in preserving the aquatic realm, who will?”
- John J. Cronin, Founder of PADI