Reef evaluation using Reef Watch protocol.

Today's our last day of diving and included evaluating a reef with the Reef Watch protocol.

We met at the dive shop every day this week at 7:00.

Leaving the dive shop. We walked down a couple of streets to the pier where the dive boat was waiting for us.

Upstairs above the dive deck waiting to get underway.

A couple scenes before we started the reef evaluation.  Here is a bit of a large school of white-streak monocle breams in front of a barrel sponge.

A Kuhl's ray swam by.

Mor Mark holding the reef watch booklet.

The divemasters sectioned off a 10 x 10 meter quadrat with a tape measure.  The students were to swim a grid pattern within the quadrat and evaluate reef condition using the criteria in the Reef Watch booklet.

Landon and Mor Mark on a near collision course while evaluating the reef.

Jessica.

Natalie, Jessica, Mikayla, and Maria (clockwise from the top).

Maria and Mikaya

After the reef evaluation was finished, the kids wanted to pose for the camera.  Here is Jessica.

Zach.

Landon.

Dom wais for the camera.

At the end of our final dive, a beautiful cuttlefish showed up to bid us farewell.

After the last dive was finished, Andrew and I breathed a satisfied sigh of relief that our 9th annual coral reef program was very successfully completed.