Welcome the New Year with a dive - Wednesday, January 1, 2025!
Divers will meet at 11:30am and plan to enter the water at 12:15pm.
Saltwater State Park is an advanced dive with a long surface swim. Plan accordingly.
Has it been awhile since your last survey? Or maybe you’re just curious about REEF’s Volunteer Fish Survey Project and want to know how it works?
Maldives liveaboard diving is a must-do for every avid scuba diver! REEF has arranged for this trip to follow one of their southern itineraries, which is perfect for fish enthusiasts.
REEF Into the Blue Book Club will discuss our latest book selection, Grouper Moon, by Cynthia Shaw
Some fish species look quite similar and can be tricky to tell apart. Join us as REEF member and Expert Surveyor, Carmen Toanchina teaches us how to identify and distinguish some commonly confused fish of the Tropical Western Atlantic.
From the Spanish-style buildings surrounded by lush tropical gardens to the breathtaking views of the Caribbean Sea, you have arrived in paradise. The hotel directly faces the famous Belize Barrier Reef, found just a half-mile offshore.
Join us as REEF Co-Executive Director, Dr. Christy Semmens teaches us how to identify some of the common invertebrate and algae species of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean region! This is a great opportunity to explore more about this newly defined survey region.
Part of a volcanic and coral mountain range, Guanaja is within the world's second-largest barrier reef, the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Dive sites surround the entire island, so it's possible to find a site with calm water on nearly any day of the week.
Fiji is known as a hotspot for diving, with massive schools of pelagics such as Bigeye Trevally, Scad, and Barracuda, Gray Reef and Whitetip Reef Sharks, and unusual creatures like the Leaf Scorpionfish and Ornate Ghost Pipefish.
REEF member, Expert Surveyor, and fish enthusiast Jonathan Lavan will be going over some key identifying characteristics for Triggerfishes and Filefishes in the Tropical Western Atlantic.
Slender Filefish photo by Jonathan Lavan