Dive Voluntourism Activities & Expeditions

5-11 May 2012 Lord Howe Island Marine Monitoring with the Marine Park Rangers. Lord Howe Island is the Galapagos of the West Pacific. Two hours flight east of Sydney into the middle of the Pacific, it is the crossroads of 5 major ocean currents. Add to it a rare and spectacular array of marine life in pristine clear waters, and have kingfish eating out of your hands at Ned's Beach. A diver's paradise. Join the marine park rangers in a week long underwater monitoring program where you will learn underwater survey protocols and collect data on unique native and threatened marine life that will be applied to genuine ongoing monitoring program conducted by the Lord Howe Marine Park Authority. Find out more from the brochure about the activities, itinerary and how to join a team of conservation volunteer divers at Lord Howe.

     
Photos courtesy Lord Howe Marine Park Authority, in order: Michael Legge Wilkinson, Sally Anne Gudge and Justin Gilligan

4-7 August 2012 Great Barrier Reef Orpheus Island Research Station Coral Survey Program. This is a rare opportunity to stay and dive off Orpheus Island Research Station, a marine research facility run by James Cook University in a marine sancturary park on the Great Barrier Reef. Get into the spirit of a volunteer training camp where you will experience 4 days of diving and training. Get accreditation to dive as coral reef surveyor with Reef Check Australia/International. Earn PADI specialisation as coral reef survey diver. Find out more from the brochure about the itinerary, activities and how to join the Orpheus Island Research Station Coral Survey training camp.

7-10 August 2012 Great Barrier Reef Whitsundays Dive Conservation Action. The beautiful Whitsunday Islands is one of the most visited spots on the Great Barrier Reef. Learn how the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and different interest groups manage and share this beautiful natural heritage.

The Order of the Undersea Coral Heroes OUCH was founded by Tony Fontes, a well respected figure in the dive industry and chairman of the Whitsunday Local Marine Advisory Committee. Join Tony and OUCH for two days of an insider’s perspective to the much admired management and protection policies of the most famous coral reef in the world.

Join community volunteers OUCH for an underwater search mission of zone moorings and help support OUCH’s conservation and education efforts. Find out more from the brochure about the itinerary and action you will get up to with the Undersea Coral Heroes!

4-10 August 2012 Combined Orpheus Island Research Station Coral Survey and Whitsundays Dive Conservation Action. Two adventures in one! Coral Surveying Orpheus Island Research Station and Whitsunday Reefcare Adventure back-to-back, transfers Townsville through to Proserpine.

Rare opportunity to stay and dive off Orpheus Island Research Station, Great Barrier Reef. Get accreditation to dive as coral reef surveyor with Reef Check Australia/International. Earn PADI specialisation as coral reef survey diver. Join community volunteers Order of the Underwater Coral Heroes (OUCH) in the Whitsundays for an underwater search mission and help support OUCH’s conservation and education efforts. Find out more from the brochure about the activities and itinerary on how to be a genuine marine conservationist diver and an underwater coral hero!

Reef Life Survey Fish Identification Survey at Great Barrier Reef and Lizard Island. Join the survey team of Reef Life Survey and learn about fish biodiversity inventory data collection protocols from experienced marine biologists. Lessons will be conducted at Lizard Island Research Station operated by the Australian Museum, with liveaboard diving in the Outer Reefs of the Great Barrier Reef where we will be conducting fish bioinventory surveys

Sydney Underwater Forest Regeneration January to December 2012. If you are in or near Sydney, come help University of NSW and Sydney Institute of Marine Science on an exciting, hands-on project to regenerate underwater forests of phyllospora (or crayweed) in Sydney. Read more... 

Request for Dive Volunteers Seagrass Research: free dives in Port Stephens, NSW Australia 4-6 November 2011. Carla Sbrocchi, a research student at UTS, is looking for dive volunteers to help in her research project in Port Stephens, NSW November 4-6. Read more...