As part of our eco-diving program Red Sea Diving Safari is organizing its fourth Reef Check survey in February 2012. Reef Check is the world’s largest international coral reef monitoring organization involving recreational divers and marine scientists. The Reef Check protocol is one standardized method so that survey results can be compared wherever they are carried out. It focuses on the abundance of particular coral reef organisms that best reflect the condition of the eco-system as a whole. These “indicator species” are easy to recognize by amateur divers and this allows for anyone to participate in scientific research.
Until now we have carried out 20 surveys on 10 different reefs (each with 2 different depth levels). All these surveys have been integrated by the Reef Check Head Quarters in their international data base: Marsa Shagra North & South, Marsa Nakari North & South, Wadi Lahami House Reef "sheltered" & "exposed", Sharm Abu Dabab, Elphinstone, Marsa Gabel El Rosas and Marsa Egla.
Course Includes:
- Diving
- Eco-diver Kit
- 4 Lectures
- Practice of methodology and species identification skills
- Reef Check survey
- Eco-diver certification from Reef Check
Course Dates:
Eco-diver course: Feb 9-13, 2012 Marsa Shagra
Course Fee:
Eco-diver Kit and Eco-diver certification public rate: 200 Euro
- including all training dives during the course and the surveys.
(must be booked on top of standard diving package)
