Join REEF’s first Field Survey Trip to Darwin’s domain aboard the luxurious Galapagos Sky Liveaboard! The entire archipelago is a National Park and marine reserve filled with life not found anywhere else on the planet. Observe penguins swimming with tropical fish, iguanas feeding underwater and swim beside giant whale sharks and Galapagos sharks.

This will be REEF’s inaugural trip to the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of 992 tropical islands and atolls, situated in the South Pacific between Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. This 10-day charter on the Bilikiki Liveaboard will provide opportunities to visit and dive remote areas such as the Florida Islands, Russell Islands, Mborukua Island, and Marovo Lagoon, the largest saltwater lagoon in the world!

Join Christy and Brice for an unforgettable week of diving and citizen science in the diverse and dynamic Sea of Cortez, home to a wide range of creatures including nudibranchs, blennies, jawfish, rays, guitarfish, sharks, eels, octopuses, seahorses and much more! In addition to numerous fish and invertebrate families, participants may also get to observe pilot and sperm whales while in transit and we'll look for Whale Sharks on the last day.

REEF members and enthusiastic fish surveyors will not want to miss our first-ever Field Survey Trip to Micronesia, alongside REEF's Director of Science, Christy Pattengill-Semmens! This exciting 12-day adventure begins land-based at the world-renowned Manta Ray Bay Resort in Yap, featuring three days of diving Yap's rich coral walls, channels, and lagoon sites, all while observing creatures including manta rays, reef sharks, and maybe even mating mandarinfish.


Join REEF's fourth annual Lionfish Research Project to Curacao to document the establishment and consequences of invasive lionfish as part of REEF's ongoing effort to minimize the Indo-Pacific predator's impact on native fish populations. Participants will have an opportunity to be trained in lionfish collection and dissections of specimens to document prey.

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