Diving to sample underwater | Methodical internship focus | Several daily month-long activities

Our MARINE BIOLOGY PROGRAM focuses on understanding the marine environment, combining marine biology lessons and underwater sampling enhanced through scuba diving. We have a day-by-day calendar with many activities and training sessions to participate in our ongoing projects. You will be doing fieldwork and sampling in different marine environments, using different scientific methodologies, and always accompanied by a marine biologist and/or PADI professional instructor.

We will provide participants with practical, real-world experience that complements their academic knowledge. Working in the field and conducting research in marine environments help you to apply theoretical concepts to actual situations.

The idea is to give you a complete experience in Marine Biology, from marine organisms and their ecosystem to their underwater sampling and analysis of data acquired through scuba diving. The field of marine biology is incredibly diverse, covering topics such as marine ecology, conservation, marine mammal behavior, fisheries, and more. With us, you can also get scuba dive certified or continue your education in scuba diving. Our growing Database is, as usual, available for those who are looking into writing an academic/scientific paper. The total time of the program is 4 weeks, can be extended up to 4 months.

WHAT TO EXPECT?

WHERE?

SEE YOU DIVING is located at Los Cristianos, on the island of Tenerife (Spain), a few steps from the beach and the port.

The center is equipped with new Cressi diving equipment, a wet zone, a compressor for refilling cylinders, a relaxation area, and a classroom where presentations are held and the collected data are analyzed. Here the theoretical lessons, manuscript writing, and data analysis activities will be carried out, as well as the preparation of the underwater activities.

ABADES, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE

During your days here we will perform several dives in some of the most beautiful spots in southern Tenerife.
The underwater samplings will be carried out at the Abades diving spot, a marine reserve where boats and dinghies cannot pass, making this place unique and full of marine life.

Here, we will perform an in-depth analysis of the ecosystem created by seagrasses, the lungs of our seas and of the different communities that populate the rocky seabed.
Through the execution of vertical and horizontal transects, combined with photographs and basic knowledge provided during the classroom lessons, you will be able to acquire and process the data.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Our marine biology program is designed to teach young biologists and aspiring divers the basics of marine biology through taking classes, scuba diving, and reviewing data acquired during sampling. We have two main courses: segrass and hard bottom community.

You will learn about:

• Sampling the Hard- Bottom Communities
• Sampling the Sea Grass
• Sharks
• Marine Algae and Sponges
• Editing Manuscript and Marine Data
• Turtles
• Fish ID
• Plankton
• Molluscs Phylum
• Arthropods Phylum
• And Much More!

YOUR ROLE