Our partners host the network of nurseries
Across Indonesia, our partners establish and maintain coral nurseries that supply donor colonies for restoring the nearby reefs.
- North Sulawesi
Murex Resorts are 3 professional, friendly, family-run resorts with outstanding personalized service located North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
We have partnered with Murex Resorts to create coral nurseries in their resort in Bangka, and their partner Lembeh resort. They are working with the local communities to practice sustainable fishing practices and coral restoration methods to increase fish stocks and marine biodiversity.
- Bira, South Sulawesi
Tevana House Reef began as a family’s sustainable lodge, born from their passion for the environment and diving in Tanjung Bira. They aimed to build a resort that shared the natural beauty of the area’s gardens and seascapes. Named “Pleasurable Garden” in Sanskrit, Tevana House Reef also references the nearby Bira House Reef, a prime diving spot. The resort offers guests a complete experience: ocean proximity, Bira’s natural beauty, local cuisine, and a peaceful escape from city life.
- Ped, Nusa Penida
Nuansa pulau is a local coral lover association, composed of 26 local members dedicated to protecting coral reefs around Nusa Penida. Born on the beach, grown up fishing these beautiful shores, they’ve seen the decline in catch and coral cover. They are trained coral practitioners, amazing seamen, used to many different coral culture techniques, and to ocean work. They already planted over 25000 corals with Ocean Gardener.
- Gamat Bay, Nusa Penida
Ceningan Divers is a Green Fins-certified, 5-star dive resort located on Nusa Ceningan. Beautiful location right at the heart Nusa islands.
They host a coral reef restoration project in Gamat Bay on Nusa Penida, and help us with our massive project in Ped, where we have planted over 180000 corals.
This is the location we use to give our courses in the Nusa Penida area.
- Sanur, South Bali
The Rip Curl School of Surf has sponsored and helped maintain a coral nursery, which they use for educational programs.
Located in the shallow waters of Sanur’s lagoon, it’s mainly dedicated to soft corals, This nursery offers an opportunity to learn about these fascinating organisms. Typically found in stronger currents and surges, soft corals’ flexibility allows them to bend with the waves and capture plankton brought by the currents. They do exceptionally well in Sanur’s water. We’ve added over the years a few species of hard corals to complement the collection.
- Lipah Bay, Amed, North Bali
Calypso diving Amed is a conservation-centered SSI Dive center. They helped us to set up our coral nursery and reef restoration project in Lipah Bay. Since 2016, we have established a coral nursery and outplanted over 10000 corals in Lipah Bay.
The nursery is composed of 2 sections, a shallow water coral nursery at around 6 m deep, and a deep water one around 16 m deep.
Both nurseries are filled with different species, and include a broad selection of Large polyps and Small Polyps, hard corals, but also quite a few soft corals.
- Tulamben, North Bali
Alam Batu is a dive resort on the North East coast of Bali, surrounded by ever shifting black sand. The reefs around Alam Batu is known for its rich muck diving and the house reef features a rocky drop off with a variety of low light corals. Our project in Alam Batu is focused on cleaning and maintenance of the house reef. We also built a coral nursery and restoration project for hotel guests to learn about corals and participate in coral restoration.
- Raja Ampat
The SEA People (locally named ‘Orang Laut Papua’) is a field-based non-profit foundation dedicated to the conservation of coral reef systems in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Since 2015, they have been working with local communities who rely on healthy reefs for food and livelihoods, taking a holistic approach to marine conservation. A key aspect of their approach is empowering local people through education, training, certification, and employment in various areas related to marine conservation. We partner with them to deploy coral nurseries and restoration sites in Raja Ampat.
- Ambon
Ambon Dive Explorer is an SSI dive center located on Ambon Island, in the village of Laha near the airport, just in front of some of the best muck diving sites in Indonesia.
Ambon is famous for its high diversity of hard and soft corals. His owner Einal Renuat is an Ocean Gardener Coral Reef restoration course allumni, and spend a lot of his free time, helping out many NGO involved with coral reef restoration in the area.
- Sanur, South Bali
The Rip Curl School of Surf have sponsored and help maintain the nursery’s racks. Located in the shallow waters of Sanur, this coral nursery is accessible by foot during low tide, minimizing fuel consumption for access.
Uniquely dedicated to soft corals, this nursery offers an opportunity to learn about these fascinating organisms. Typically found in stronger currents and surge, soft corals’ flexibility allows them to bend with the waves and capture plankton brought by the currents
- Tulamben, North Bali
Tulamben dive center, dive the Liberty wreck, Bali
Located on the Northeast coast, the Tulamben Dive Center is the first Dive Concepts center. Set back from the main road, it assures peace and tranquility to all the divers staying in this stunning living place. It is also very easy to join one of our dive groups to dive the USAT Liberty wreck, which is only a 2-minute walk from our dive center.
From the restaurant terrace, we can appreciate, at all hours, the view of mighty Mount Agung, a volcano standing at more than 3200m high (10500 feet). Here you will find a lovely, welcoming, and friendly atmosphere. Here at our Tulamben diving center, you will arrive as divers and leave as friends! We guarantee you an unforgettable experience!
Our schedule allows you to explore this world-famous dive site when the influx of divers coming from other centers in Bali has not yet arrived, or has already left.
- Nusa Penida
Bira is located on a peninsula in Southern Sulawesi around 200km away from Makasar. It is one of Indonesia’s most stunning beaches and untouched reefs. Far away from the hustle and bustle of cities, this sleepy ship building village has only just started to attract the travellers eye.
The project is located on the main beach, Bira Pantai Pasir Putih, which translates to white sand beach, and it would not have a more appropriate name! This beautiful beach stretching over 2 km along Sulawesi’s southern peninsular is home to the Bira Project headquarters.
Want to sponsor a coral nursery?
We are always looking for new partners to set up new coral nurseries and restoration sites using our proven techniques.We’ll love to hear from you!