PADI Coral Reef Conservation Specialty in Cozumel
TheCozumel Coral Reef Restoration Programis offering a two day PADI Project Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course. Students will learn the ins and out of coral conservation over two days with a PADI specialty diploma at the end.
Students will first have an introduction to the history of coral reefs in Cozumel, learn the importance of coral reefs, what are some of the major threats to corals. Including reasons the Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program was established, and why reef degradation has happened in this area.
After the classroom, you will learn about the coral restoration site followed by an overview of tools and techniques used for coral restoration. In particular, what is being used in Cozumel and what work needs to be done to maintain the coral platform.
Once you’re full of knowledge, it’s time to get wet. On the first dive, Germán will take you to see the coral restoration platform. Student clean off any algae or pests competing with the coral fragments.
Behind the platform, there are five rocky reefs being restored. To prepare this area for out planting, students use brushes to scrub algae or cyanobacteria off the rocks. Once the spot is cleaned it’s ready for coral. Corals are planted on the second day of the course.
访问珊瑚苗圃时间后进行表面间隔和新坦克。您将在土地上讨论有关托儿所的讨论，以及第二次潜水的简报。
The Cozumel Coral Reef site is located near the international cruise ship dock to the south of the Cozumel Marine World pier. To the north, you will find an underwater museum offamous busts, an艺术金属修复框架, reef balls, and fractal underwater platforms.
The second dive is at the reef ball museum site and where you learn the dive site and clean platforms. In partnership with the University of Quintana Roo, Germán has permission to use 65000 sq meter of concrete structures located amongst the reef balls to transplant his coral fragments.
为了完成PADI Coral Reef保护专业，您将返回第二天。在第二天，您将在岩石礁和分形框架上种植珊瑚。该课程为两天，有四个开放水域潜水。
课程完成后，您将获得PADI项目意识到的珊瑚礁保护专业文凭。然后，您还将获得认证，以帮助以志愿者为志愿者在科苏梅尔的未来珊瑚恢复工作。
Thetwo-day courseis $175.00 including 4 open water dives. If you’re short on time and still want to visit the program you can do a one day Coral reef conservation approach course for a cost of $110.00 and two open water dives.
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