Adventure with impact starts here.

Most people start as a Reef Buddy. Some come for two weeks and go home with a new hobby and a stamp in their dive log. Some don't want to leave — and end up staying long enough to earn their Divemaster and lead the projects they started out learning.

There's no wrong way to do this. But there is a path, if you want to take it.

Our packages are aimed at providing a volunteering options to suit everyone. Whether that being an intrepid vacationer looking for something more engaging than a sun-lounger for 2 weeks, all the way out to someone thinking of a career change and wanting to gain some proper hands on experience. As a sample here are the details of our most popular program options

starts here.

Come as a volunteer. Leave a qualified Divemaster.

This is the program for people who want more than an experience — they want a qualification, real leadership under their belt, and 60+ logged dives to show for it. Eight weeks takes you from certification through Rescue Diver training, into your Divemaster course, and out the other side running real conservation projects, not just taking part in them.

It's the most work. It's also, by a distance, what our volunteers say changed the most for them.

From $756/week — our best value tier

Reef Divemaster (min 8 Weeks)

Program Costs

The pricing options are therefore:
- 8-week Training/Project program - From US$6,050

Things that are Not included during your stay

Airfare & domestic transfers
Accommodation before the program commences or after its completion
Tourism visa extensions
Travel & Diving insurance
PADI Professional Membership Fee (currently US$125)
Any meals and drinks beyond included plan
Additional recreational dives, including night dives

Things that are included during your stay

PADI Open Water scuba course, including digital learning materials
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver scuba course, including digital learning materials
PADI Emergency First Response/Rescue Diver scuba courses, including digital learning materials
PADI Divemaster digital crewpack & certification
6-day coral reef ecology & physiology lecture series
Workshops on Indo-Pacific or Caribbean coral, benthic and fish identification
~30-40 training and survey dives per month (weather permitting)
Marine Protected Area fees (including the underwater sculpture park, Carriacou only)
Full scuba equipment (although we recommend bringing your own mask, fins and wetsuit for comfort
All necessary field equipment
24hr in-country support
2x meals Sunday to Friday (Saturday night is dinner out night!)
Accommodation for the duration of your stay (on a shared basis)
24hr internet access
Airport/Ferry pickup from our local ports.

Skills that you'll acquire

PADI Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Emergency First Response, &
Divemaster certification
Intimate knowledge of coral reef ecosystems and processes
Intimate knowledge on Indo-Pacific coral, fish, benthic,
invertebrate species and disease identification
Data analysis of images & video
Leadership experience within a Non-Profit NGO
Experience working with Marine Scientists in a professional
environment
Experience realizing, teaching, and cultivating innovative
research techniques
Experience leading underwater training and research dives
Data processing, statistical and analytical skills
Communicate science through community outreach activities
Career guidance and job placement training

Start Your Divemaster Journey

Your way in.

Perfect if you've got a couple of weeks and want to do something real with them — not just visit the reef, but actually work on it. You'll get certified (or build on what you've already got), then get straight into fieldwork: surveys, coral monitoring, hands-on restoration.

From $812/week

Lowest Price

Program Costs

The pricing options are therefore:
- 2-week Training/Project program - From US$1,625

Things that are Not included during your stay

Airfare & domestic transfers
Accommodation before the program commences or after its completion
Tourism visa extensions
Travel & Diving insurance
Any meals and drinks beyond included plan
Additional recreational dives, including night dives

Skills that you'll acquire

PADI Open Water Scuba Certification
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Scuba Certification
Intimate knowledge of coral reef ecosystems and processes
Intimate knowledge on Indo-Pacific coral, fish, benthic,
invertebrate and disease identification
~10 training and survey dives per week
Experience working with Marine Scientists in a professional environment
Communicate science through community outreach activities

Reef Buddy (min 2 Weeks)

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Things that are included during your stay

PADI Open Water scuba course, including digital learning materials
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver scuba course, including digital learning materials
5-day coral reef ecology & physiology lecture series
Workshops on Indo-pacific or Caribbean coral, benthic and fish identification
~10 training and survey dives per week (weather permitting)
Marine Protected Area fees (including the underwater sculpture park, Carriacou only)
Full scuba equipment (although we recommend bringing your own mask, fins and wetsuit for comfort
All necessary field equipment
24hr in-country support
2x meals Sunday to Friday (Saturday night is dinner out night!)
Accommodation for the duration of your stay (on a shared basis)
24hr internet access
Airport/Ferry pickup from the local Port

Enough time to see it all.

Four weeks is where you stop sampling the program and start actually living it. You'll rotate through the full range of projects — reef surveys, coral gardening, invasive species work — and start taking on more responsibility as the team gets to know what you're capable of.

From $756/week — better value than Reef Buddy

Reef Guardian (min 4 Weeks)

Program Costs

The pricing options are therefore:
- 4-week Training/Project program - US$3,025

Things that are Not included during your stay

Airfare & domestic transfers
Accommodation before the program commences or after its completion
Tourism visa extensions
Travel & Diving insurance
Any meals and drinks beyond included plan
Additional recreational dives, including night dives

Skills that you'll acquire

Intimate knowledge of coral reef ecosystems and processes
Intimate knowledge on Indo-Pacific coral, fish, benthic,
invertebrate species, and disease identification
Experience lecturing on coral reef ecology topics
Data analysis of images & video
Leadership experience within a Non-Profit NGO
Experience working with Marine Scientists in a professional
environment
Experience working with Marine Scientists in a professional
environment
Experience realizing, teaching, and cultivating innovative
research techniques
Experience leading each component of our Research
Guardian course
Data processing, statistical and analytical skills

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Things that are included during your stay

PADI Open Water scuba course, including digital learning materials
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver scuba course, including digital learning materials
5-day coral reef ecology & physiology lecture series
Workshops on Indo-pacific or Caribbean coral, benthic and fish identification
~30-40 training and survey dives per month (weather permitting)
Marine Protected Area fees (including the underwater sculpture park, Carriacou only)
Full scuba equipment (although we recommend bringing your own mask, fins and wetsuit for comfort
All necessary field equipment
24hr in-country support
2x meals Sunday to Friday (Saturday night is dinner out night!)
Accommodation for the duration of your stay (on a shared basis)
24hr internet access
Airport/Ferry pickup from the local Port

Qualify. Then go prove it.

Same path as Reef Divemaster, with four extra weeks working in the field as a newly qualified Divemaster — running dives, mentoring newer volunteers, and getting the kind of real, on-the-job experience that a certification alone doesn't give you.

From $604/week — our lowest per-week rate

Reef Divemaster Internship (min 12 Weeks)

Skills that you'll acquire

PADI Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Emergency First Response, &
Divemaster certification
Extensive in-role training shadowing our experienced dive crew
Intimate knowledge of coral reef ecosystems and processes
Intimate knowledge on Indo-Pacific coral, fish, benthic,
invertebrate species and disease identification
Data analysis of images & video
Leadership experience within a Non-Profit NGO
Experience working with Marine Scientists in a professional
environment
Experience realizing, teaching, and cultivating innovative
research techniques
Experience leading underwater training and research dives
Data processing, statistical and analytical skills
Communicate science through community outreach activities
Career guidance and job placement training

Things that are included during your stay

PADI Open Water scuba course, including digital learning materials
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver scuba course, including digital learning materials
PADI Emergency First Response/Rescue Diver scuba courses, including digital learning materials
PADI Divemaster digital crewpack & certification
6-day coral reef ecology & physiology lecture series
Workshops on Indo-Pacific or Caribbean coral, benthic and fish identification
~30-40 training and survey dives per month (weather permitting)
Marine Protected Area fees (including the underwater sculpture park, Carriacou only)
Full scuba equipment (although we recommend bringing your own mask, fins and wetsuit for comfort
All necessary field equipment
24hr in-country support
2x meals Sunday to Friday (Saturday night is dinner out night!)
Accommodation for the duration of your stay (on a shared basis)
24hr internet access
Airport/Ferry pickup from our local ports.

Things that are Not included during your stay

Airfare & domestic transfers
Accommodation before the program commences or after its completion
Tourism visa extensions
Travel & Diving insurance
PADI Professional Membership Fee (currently US$125)
Any meals and drinks beyond included plan
Additional recreational dives, including night dives

Program Costs

The pricing options are therefore:
- 12-week Training/Project program - Contact us to discuss.

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More than one certification. Longer programs stack real PADI qualifications, not just one.
Real responsibility, not just participation. By week 6 or 7, you're not shadowing anyone — you're running the survey.
A qualification that outlasts the trip. Divemaster is a real, standalone credential — useful long after you've left Dauin or Carriacou.