Achievements from our Marine Conservation project – 2025
Project & Pod News / 08 December 2025
It’s been another incredible year at our Marine Conservation project in Thailand.
The team are based on the tropical island of Koh Tao and help to educate, protect and preserve the marine environment. Thank you so much for each and every Pod Volunteer who has joined to support their brilliant work.
During 2025 the Marine Conservation team have:
- Welcomed 150 students and 17 interns from across the globe and across many different age groups and backgrounds
- Completed over 200 surveys underwater to monitor fish, invertebrates, substrate, and coral diseases, to name a few
- Completed over 140 snorkel surveys and over 110 hours of footage to monitor black tip reef sharks and sea turtles
- Measured over 900 barrel sponges for a project focusing on sponge size difference by dive site
- Removed over 17,000 Drupella snails
- Hosted 3 rehabilitated sea turtles before their release
- Monitored and released 1 sea turtle nest
- Helped 17 sea turtle rescues
- Hosted trash clean-up events on land and in the water, removing over 200kg of trash form the ocean
- Deployed 29 artificial reefs and attached over 800 coral fragments across 3 sites
- Collaborated with Reefy to create innovative artificial reefs to monitor coral larvae recruitment
- Worked on 1 scientific paper released this year and are in the middle of working on a further 4
- Took 103 water samples
- Witnessed 4 incredible nights of coral spawning
- Worked with the local preschool to fundraise for them and organize activities to practice their English and swimming skills
And so much more
The Marine Conservation project is a great option for both beginner and experienced divers. If you haven’t dived before then the team can help guide you through your Open water and Advanced dive qualifications when you arrive on the island. More experienced divers can get straight into helping the conservation work.
With 300 days of sunshine a year, bright blue and warm water, vibrant reefs and vast array of marine life the waters around Koh Toa are a world-class place to dive.
Koh Tao is a beautiful tropical island with a laid back lifestyle, stunning beaches and lots of restaurants to sample some delicious Thai delicacies.
