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Full Coral Restoration Cert

  • Various locations available
  • 4 weeks
  • 40+ Shore and Boat Dives

Join our intensive four-week Coral Restoration Program, where each week offers specialized training in key aspects of conservation. This course is designed for people that want to work anywhere around the world on coral reef restoration projects. It provides you with critical knowledge to maximize the success of your projects based on our 25 years of experience raising corals, so you can contribute to marine conservation and make a difference!

This is a complete professional training course with in depth class sessions, followed by practical sessions underwater. You will gain hands-on experience, learn to identify a wide range of corals and their specific ecological niches to decide which species to use, then learn how to choose a coral restoration site properly.

You will be exposed to the various coral restoration techniques used all around the world – from small coral reef fixes to massive planting. We will then go through tools like monitoring using techniques like Rapid Reef Assessment technique to 3D Photogrammetry to maximize the survival of your coral plantings.

We also try to get international guest speakers from the coral industry, so students get some additional exposure and get to network and make some good contacts with professionals in this field through online workshops.

  • 3 Nov – 28 Nov, 2025 (Bali)
  • 8 Jun – 10 July 2026 (Bali)
  • 10 Aug – 4 Sept 2026 (Raja Ampat)
  • 2 Nov – 27 Nov 2026 (Bali)

Bali Course
For the Bali course, we will move to view various reefs with varying conditions in Amed, Tulamben and Nusa Penida. We can help arrange for accommodations and transport.

Raja Ampat Course
Our August intake will be conducted in the beautiful pristine reefs of Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia. You will live aboard the coral research vessel Galaxea of our partners Sea People. You have the options for full board with shared cabins, or a cabin for yourself.

Scholarships are available for Indonesian citizens to take this course.

Prerequisites
  • A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Marine Science, Biology, Environmental Science, Conservation Biology, or a related discipline is recommended, but not mandatory.
  • Minimum Advanced Diver certification, with at least 50 dives)
  • Good buoyancy skills are a must
Includes
  • Ocean Gardener certified coral instructor
  • 40+ dives in Tulamben and Nusa Penida.
  • (Raja Ampat) Includes accommodation and food.
  • Includes tank and weights
Excludes
  • Flights to/from Bali or Raja Ampat
  • (Bali) Dive equipment, food, accommodation and transportation to the course location
  • Regulator, BCD, fins, mask and wetsuit are additional

If you need help arranging food, accommodations or transportation, please indicate in the booking comments and we can arrange them for you.
Cancellation Policy
  • Full refund if cancelled 7 days before the event. 
Week 1

Introduction to coral biology, differences between hard and soft corals, differences between Small and Large polyps Hard corals, and different colony shapes

Week 2

Focuses on coraling and on-going coral nursery management

Week 3

Reef Restoration techniques

Week 4

Week 4 introduces monitoring practices

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