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Żibel: Clean-ups. It starts with you.

Żibel: Clean-ups. It starts with you.

Żibel’s monthly clean-ups have removed over 220 tonnes of waste from Malta’s waters—turning steady, community effort into real environmental impact. Built on consistency, data, and shared responsibility, each clean-up proves that lasting change starts with people showing up.

Ocean Gardener: Eco-Tourism in North Sulawesi

Ocean Gardener: Eco-Tourism in North Sulawesi

Ocean Gardener partners with resorts to make dive trips become hands-on conservation experiences where guests help restore reefs by planting resilient corals from on-site nurseries. Flexible programs combine education with action, while trained local dive staff ensure ongoing reef care, creating a lasting, community-driven impact.

Żibel: Project Xibka

Żibel: Project Xibka

Project Xibka tackles one of the sea’s most persistent threats: ghost nets that continue trapping marine life long after they’re lost. Through precise, data-driven dives and technical recoveries, Żibel has removed hundreds of these hazards—turning abandoned fishing gear into recycled materials and giving Malta’s reefs a second chance.

Reef Renewal: Purpose-Built Nurseries

Reef Renewal: Purpose-Built Nurseries

Florida’s coral reef tract is both a biodiversity hotspot and an economic engine, yet decades of stress have pushed it to a breaking point. Reef Renewal USA is working to reverse this trend by scaling up coral restoration through innovative farming and nursery strategies, offering renewed hope for the future of Florida’s reefs.

Żibel: VR - Take Everyone Underwater

Żibel: VR - Take Everyone Underwater

Żibel VR takes people beneath the surface without getting them wet, placing audiences inside real-time recovery dives. By guiding them through each moment, it turns complex, unseen ocean work into something immediate, clear, and impossible to ignore.

Ocean Gardener: Ped Restoration Site

Ocean Gardener: Ped Restoration Site

From broken rubble to thriving reef. See how Ocean Gardener uses a simple, low-tech approach to quietly transform one of Indonesia’s most damaged sites into a powerful story of rapid recovery.

Cenotes vs Caves

Cenotes vs Caves

Cenotes and caves are closely connected, often two parts of the same system, but what's the difference? Cenotes are natural openings that reveal the freshwater below, while caves extend into the dark passages beyond. In many cases, entering a cenote means stepping into a vast underground cave network. Both are shaped over thousands of years and rich with history, geology, and life hidden beneath the surface.

Shearwater Spotlight Series: Trisha Stovel

Shearwater Spotlight Series: Trisha Stovel

This series shines the spotlight on some of the incredible divers in the Shearwater organization. This is Trisha Stovel’s journey from a curious new diver to a career in the dive industry. Through her experiences with wildlife, videography, polar expeditions, and cave training, she shares how diving shaped her path that transformed a hobby into a life underwater.

Stealth Dives to Help Protect Hammerheads

Stealth Dives to Help Protect Hammerheads

A firsthand look into the cutting edge of shark conservation, by conducting stealth rebreather dives in the remote Galápagos to study critically endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks. See how advanced diving techniques and technology are enabling researchers to get closer than ever to one of the ocean’s most elusive species—unlocking vital insights needed to help protect them.

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