Marine conservation efforts help protect coral reefs and other natural dive sites. Maduro Dive is a wholesale dive travel company that is able to plan dive trips in over 79 international locations. We offer package and custom tours to view marine life safely. Here is more information about the role of dive resorts in marine conservation.
Boat Dives
Dive resorts provide boat diving to the surrounding sites at scheduled times. Dive boats take divers to local sites, such as Volvoli Beach Resort, which offers custom diving experiences. These trips allow guests easy access to diving opportunities while preventing site overcrowding by divers or boats. Depending on the location, dive masters accompany travelers on guided dives and observe divers, and this helps keep guests safe while preventing harmful dive practices.
Some boat trips travel to marine life reserves or protected locations. This allows divers access to these dive sites while engaging with dive masters who know and can explain the best practices to preserve local marine life. Sunbreeze Hotel and Ramons Resort on Ambergris Caye offer expeditions to the Coral Gardens at the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve; on scheduled boat dives.
Monitored Marine Life Encounters
Dive resorts may offer monitored marine life encounters; this allows you to safely see larger aquatic creatures up close in their natural habitat. Our website offers information about the different marine life you can see at our partnered dive resorts. Manta Ray Bay Resort allows you to watch manta rays at coral cleaning stations in Goofnuw Channel and Mi’l Channel. Beqa Lagoon Resort in Fiji offers a shark dive and big fish encounter, providing divers with the opportunity to see bull sharks and tiger sharks being fed. The reef area has been named a shark reef marine preserve, helping to preserve the shark population.
Following all safety requirements and staying with the group during encounters helps protect you and the marine life. Before the Beqa Lagoon shark dive, you will receive a detailed briefing on what to do. Divers are required to wear black gloves and wetsuits, and they are not allowed to touch the sharks or the crew during the show.
Dive Instruction Classes
Dive instruction classes offer the opportunity to learn more about safe diving. Knowing the correct diving techniques for advanced dives allows you to traverse walls, coral reefs, caves, and wrecks without damaging the coral or other micro or macro life. On-site dive pools and training centers provide divers with a space to practice diving. Dreams Cozumel Cape Resort and Spa has an on-site dive center and pool, and it offers both introductory and specialized dive classes. Our dive travel specialists are all experienced divers and can help you select resorts with training centers and level-appropriate dive sites.
Find a Dive Resort
Find dive resorts with eco-friendly amenities, such as nonmotorized water equipment, and sustainable marine dive practices. Participating and learning ecotourism during your dive trip allows you to respect and appreciate marine life while preserving the surrounding ecosystems. Maduro Dive offers all-inclusive travel package options for different resorts and liveaboards, and this includes airfare, meals and pre/post topside tours. To learn more about enviromentally conscience dive resorts and liveaboards, we invite you to contact us today.
