Welcome to DiVo

DiVo is an Australian-based non-profit organisation whose aim is to bring recreational divers to the world of volunteer diving in marine conservation and research causes.

For a scuba diver who wants to:

• go beyond the usual recreational diving or liveaboard experience

• experience marine conservation action, learn more about fish and reef ecology

• see first-hand what research institutes and government agencies do in research and conservation

• enjoy this as part of a holiday without committing to a gap year break

That’s where DiVo comes in. We identify activities suited to the recreational diver looking to be a volunteer diver in the world of marine research and conservation. We bring you to the activity.

And through the DiVo website, we hope to aggregate a one-stop shop so that the recreational diver can easily find out more about the volunteer marine conservation and research groups out there.

This way, more recreational divers get introduced to marine conservation and research. And the dive voluntourist will have a dive with a difference to make a difference.

Through volunteer work, we got to find out a little about the two species of manta rays, with the rarer being the transoceanic giant Manta Birostris. Off Baja Mexico, DiVo was treated to closeups not only the giant manta, but whalesharks and amazingly, mating dolphins in the wild! Check out this video. And read the blog.