How to become a Responsible Diver:

  • Support projects dedicated to marine protection
  • If possible, collect garbage on your dives – but only if doing so does not cause more damage to the environment
  • If possible, cut hanging ropes and collect nets and plastics
  • Never eat shark fins, whale meat, turtle eggs, etc
  • Never throw inorganic waste into the sea – Plastics decompose incredibly slowly
  • Minimise your garbage: Use reusable coffee mugs and lunch boxes, glass or metal bottles and shopping bags
  • Don’t kick the sand, it reduces visibility and smothers corals
  • Don’t feed or hunt and bother marine animals
  • Don’t feed marine animals
  • Don’t take souvenirs from the sea – broken coral pieces or empty snail shells still serve as useful habitat
  • Do not disturb animals or habitat to improve your photos