Marine Conservation

Join us to remove an excessively large population of the coral eating starfish.  This cleanup is immediately after the May 2012 marine conservation course.

Crown of thorns starfish is a natural predator on heathy reefs.  Unfortuately the reefs near Pom Pom Island have been heavily overfished so COTS predators are rare.  We have an unusually high number of juvenile COTS and we want to keep the numbers of cots in check so that we do not get massive epidemics to damage our fragile reefs.

Reef Check is an International eco-monitoring program for divers the world over. Collecting data to help scientists, governments, resource managers and other stakeholders to manage coral reef environments.

The first Reef Check Ecodiver Instructor Course held on Koh Tao will be a huge hit allowing the many dive professionals on Koh Tao to join the ranks of conservationists by teaching. 

Building and construction of the addition to our artificial reef at Twins has been a huge project and seems like an endless month in the making. The time has come to bless and deploy our hard work.

Crystal Dive & Eco Koh Tao have built a ship specifically to receive coral transplants from our coral nurseries so getting our structure in the water is only half the work. Underwater we need to arrange the ‘ship’ and then transplant our budding coral colonies.

Divesite Clean Up – Sairee Beach

Sat, 27th August 2011

300 baht. 100% of contributions go towards preserving the local environment.