Tips for Protect the Divers to Ocean Planet
Divers share a deep connection with the ocean. You can make a difference in ocean protection every time you dive, travel and more.
Be a Buoyancy Expert
Underwater plants and animals are more fragile than they appear. The swipe of a fin and bump of your camera or even a touch can destroy decades of coral growth, damage a plant or harm an animal. Streamline your scuba and photo gear, keep your dive skills sharp, perfect your underwater photo techniques and continue your dive
training to fine-tune your skills.
Always be aware of your body, dive gear and photo equipment to avoid contact with the natural environment.
Be a Role Model
New scuba divers are being trained and certified every day. Regardless of your experience level, be sure to set a good example for others
when interacting with the environment –
while underwater and on land.
Protect Underwater Life
Choose not to touch, feed, handle, chase or ride anything underwater. Your actions may stress the animal, interrupt feeding and mating behaviour or provoke aggressive behaviour.
Understand and respect underwater
Take Only Photos - Leave Only Bubbles
Nearly everything natural found underwater is alive or will be used by a living creature. If you take a coral, shell or animal, you can disturb the delicate balance and add to the depletion of dive sites for future generations.
life and follow all local laws and regulations.
Take Action Become a Debris Activist
An astonishing amount of waste makes it's way underwater, reaching even the most remote ocean areas. Once there, it kills wildlife, destroys habitats and threatens our health and economy.
Don’t let your dives go to waste. Remove and
report what doesn’t belong underwater
Scuba divers are some of the strongest ocean advocates on the planet. Now, more than ever, divers like you are taking a stand. Speak out for conservation, share your underwater
images report environmental
Seafood Choices
Overfishing leads to species declines while harmful fishing practices damage and pollute underwater ecosystems. You play a critical role as a consumer. If seafood is part of your meal selection, ensure you’re choosing sustainably sourced species and encourage others, including restaurants and shop owners, to do the same.
every time you dive. Make a conscious effort to buy green, buy local and, when possible, buy less.
Make Responsible
damage to authorities and campaign for change.
Be an Eco-tourist
Make informed decisions when choosing and visiting a destination. Choose facilities dedicated to responsible social and environmental business practices that include water conservation, energy reduction, proper
waste disposal, use of mooring buoys
and respect for local cultures, laws and regulations.
Give Back
Ocean protection depends on all of our actions, large and small. Investing in the ocean protects our planet and lets the dive adventure live on. Donate or fundraise for ocean protection to fuel the grassroots action and policy change necessary to ensure a clean, healthy ocean planet.
Shrink Your Carbon
Footprint Global warming and ocean acidification are putting your favourite animals and the whole ocean planet at risk. Do your part by understanding and reducing your carbon footprint and look for ways to offset what you can’t reduce.
