ONLINE DIVE SHOP

The new PADI/ Project AWARE Dive Against Debris Specialty is designed to empower divers of any experience level with more knowledge of debris issues and equip them with the skills to complete ongoing Dive Against Debris surveys.

From planning the dive to reporting the debris data, the Dive Against Debris Specialty course prepares students to participate and support dive surveys, join other surveys, or, in case of more experienced divers, to start surveys of their own.

The course:

Educates divers about the messy problem of marine debris, the damage done, what it is, where it comes from, and how divers are part of the solution;

Equips divers with the knowledge and skills needed to conduct a Dive Against Debris survey, considerations for creating a survey dive profile, use of photography, and decision making on what to remove and what to leave behind;

Highlights the five steps needed to record and report findings from a Dive Against Debris dive, weigh, sort, record, dispose, and report;

Explains how to join the global Project AWARE movement of scuba divers protecting our ocean planet.