The Cayman Islands Tourism Association Watersports Committee is coordinating the Earth Day Reef Watch Survey from 19 to 26 April.
This is a fun and scientifically useful event in which residents and visitors get involved. Divers and snorkellers are asked to fill out surveys about marine life they see during their dives in which DOE compiles and enters in its database of Reef Watch Results stretching back to 1997.
Participants returning a completed survey receive a free Earth Day Cloth Bag or T-shirt while supplies last.
The following dive operators are participating:
Cayman Aggressor, Deep Blue Divers, Divers Down, Divetech; Don Fosters Dive, Eden Rock Diving Centre, Lobster Pot Dive Center, Ocean Frontiers, Off the Wall Divers, Red Sail Sports, Sunset Divers, Wall to Wall Divers and Pirates Point on Little Cayman.
Many dive operators offer a free tank for shore diving or a free one-tank boat dive depending on availability for divers participating in the survey or free snorkelling gear for participants.
Sea Itch Remedies for participants in the Reef Watch Survey donated by Underwater Supply.
Other activities by CITA members include,
Iron Shore and Beach Clean Ups
Lobster Pot Dive Center ‘Week for the Trust’, 19-26 April. The cost of all rental tanks for shore dives will be donated to the Trust and for an additional $5 you will be entered to win Lobster Pot Restaurant and Dive Center gift certificates.
Raffle drawing, complementary appetisers and cash bar on 26 April at 2pm. For further details call 946-8685 or email [email protected].
Ocean Frontiers East End Snorkel
Saturday, 19 April at 1.30pm. Participants will be taken by boat to snorkel inside the East End reef and given Reef Watch Surveys to complete. Call 947-7500 for more information.
Divetech/National Trust Mangrove Boat Tour
Saturday, 19 April at 4pm. A guided boat tour through the beautiful mangrove forests. $15 for Trust members, $20 for non-members.
Underwater clean-up and Beach/Iron Shore Cleanup
Divetech at Cobalt Coast Resort, Saturday, 26 April from 1-4pm. Free weights and tanks provided. Refreshments served afterward. Call 946-5658 for details.
Pirates Point Resort on Little Cayman coordinates beach clean-ups throughout the week of 19 to 26 April.
For more information call the Cayman Islands Tourism Association on 949-8522 or email [email protected]
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