Ecoactivities

Our commitment to protect the environment rules our daily activities. We have joined the program Eco operators from project aware. The eco operators provide customers with experiences that enhance visitor awareness, appreciation and understanding of the environment.

Of course we are not 100% green, not even close, there are many dreams about solar energy and recycling water in our minds, but we are making small steps to protect reefs and marine life and promote education about our oceans; every month in our newsletter you will find information about the local species and different environmental issues to conserve the planet for future generations.

Please give us suggestions or ideas to increase our efforts.

Our Green Actions

The batteries used for the torches during night dives are rechargeable NiMH (no cadmium, lead or mercury). According
to rechargeable battery makers Uniross, rechargeable batteries have 32 times less impact on the environment and use less than 1/23rd the natural resources of their disposable counterparts.

The food containers, glass and cups are reusable to reduce the use of disposable materials.

We encourage e-mail communication, we only print documents when necessary and all our forms are double side printed.

We keep the groups small, maximum 4 divers/students per Instructor/Dive Master.

We enhance the divers to improve their buoyancy control taking the Peak performance buoyancy as an adventure in the advanced course and as a specialty course.

We do not sell or exhibit items made by coral or threatened species or in danger.

Our briefings include information about buoyancy control, streamlining to avoid dragging gear across the sensitive

marine life, and we make clear statements about no touching, chasing or taking any creature from the ocean.

We have replaced the traditional bulbs for compact fluorescent energy saving bulbs, where is possible. These bulbs use 80% less electricity than ordinary ones.

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Events

Since Aquantis opened, we have been involved in beach and underwater clean up campaigns in Santa Marta:

Taganga, June 2008. Underwater clean up organized by community action board from Taganga.

Rodadero, August 2008. XII jornada de limpieza de costas, rios y humedales en el sector del Rodadero.

Tayrona Park, September 2008. We joined the International clean up day . 13 divers went to clean piedra del medio, a dive site in Tayrona Park.

Taganga, March 2009. We carried out the first coral monitoring using the Coral Watch program.

Taganga, April 2009. Along with Octopus Diving Center, we organized the event Dive for Earth Day 2009. The greatest effort in Taganga to clean the local beach and the dive site Granate. This event included beach and underwater clean up, coral watch monitoring, and environmental education activities with kids from Taganga and was supported by all the community including restaurants, hostels, free divers, fisherman, bars and hotels.

Rodadero, August 2009. XIII Jornada limpieza de costas ríos y humedales.

Taganga, September 2009. 13 divers cleaned piedra del medio and Granate during the International Cleanup day.

Dive for Earth Day. 2010. 58 divers and more than 300 volunteers participated in the cleanup, coral watch, lionfish hunting campaign and environmental education programs the past April 24th.