I. Knowing the environment

Before diving

• Learn to recognize the species you are going to come across.
• Know how to identify the protected species.

While diving

• Use submersible identification charts to recognize the sea species.
• Use submersible notepads to draw and note your observations and questions.

After diving

•Ask your dive master about your observations based on the drawings and notes taken while diving.
•Compare your observations with the other divers of the group diving with you.
•Compare your observations with books about underwater environment.
•Report these observations in your diving report book.

 

II. Reducing your impact on the environment

Before diving

• Listen to advices provided by your dive master.
• Do not throw anything overboard.
• Check your weights.

While diving

• Do not touch anything without dive master’s previous approval.
• Put stones back after having moved them.
• Pay attention to your buoyancy.
• Be careful in order to avoid touching fixed plants and animals with your fins.
• Avoid to grasp sea bed.
• Do not feed the animals.
• Do not break anything or bring back any living organism.
• Do not point your light straight in the eyes of the animals.
• Pick up plastic bags and things found while diving.

After diving

• Use dustbin at your disposal.
• Bring back your waste and ask your parents to recycle batteries.
• Use the rinsing tank for your diving equipment.
• Save fresh water by staying a shorter time under the shower.

 

III. Protecting and taking actions to protect

Before diving

• Share your experience and knowledge with your parents, your friends in order they enjoy and respect the environment.
• Avoid plastic bags, useless wrapping, and disposable cutlery, plates and glasses.

While diving

• Respect your environment and thanks to your behaviour, be a model for the others !

After diving

• Encourage your friends and parents to save fresh water.
• Do not buy souvenirs ripped from the sea : shark teeth, corals, shellfish, tortoise shell etc.. and encourage your friends not to buy them.