The Baywatch Project

Name: The Baywatch Project
Brand: The Baywatch Project
SKU: 44517
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

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South Africa
- Port Elizabeth

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Marine Conservation Environmental Conservation

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Included: accommodation, selected activities/outings, two meals per day, transportation to and from project
Excluded: flights, insurance, medical costs, luxury food/drink items, leisure time activities

Last Updated: Nov 16, 2019

Last Reviewed: Feb 24, 2014

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The Baywatch Marine Conservation Project hosts volunteers from all over the world to help in running our eco marine tour business, to help with various research projects we assist with, and to help educate the community about the importance of marine and wildlife conservation. Volunteers join us on this project up to 6 months, with a minimum of one month required (as there is a lot to learn). Our volunteers would be doing a lot of hands on work, from learning about the marine environment, learning how to drive and maintain boats and assisting us with our on-going observations and data input. We help out with various research projects which change throughout the year. The main one being a very important project which is hoping to stop the decline in African penguin numbers along our coastline- mainly the breeding colonies on St Croix and Bird Island.

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Marine Conservation Project- Volunteer learning to drive the boat

Marine Conservation Project- volunteer with whale

Marine Conservation Project- school kids

Marine Conservation Project- St Croix Island

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I had a really great time with The Baywatch Project! A marine conservation project located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. I got to learn all about the marine environment and the different animals we get around the South African coast from a man who's been in the industry for 20 years now and has an incredible passion for it. I got to assist with African penguin research that was being done at the time. This research is looking into the reasons for the decline in their numbers (70% in 10 years!) and involved things like boat surveys, beach surveys, tagging penguins and monitoring fish populations. I also got to assist with their whale watching tours and help them collect data by collecting fin identification photos and record information about the animals we saw. A really life-changing and interesting experience that others who are interested in the marine environment should try!

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There weren't that many volunteers so they need to do some better advertising as this is such an amazing experience there really should be some more volunteers involved to help the full time staff on all of their projects!

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About The Baywatch Project

The Baywatch Project, combined with Raggy Charters, is a marine eco-tour company, specializing in whale, dolphin and penguin watching cruises, combined with a marine conservation project in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. We contribute to on-going research in the area on the marine life here and help to educate others about the need for marine...