Location
  • Indonesia
    • Bali

Program Details

Timeframe
Year Round
Language
English
Age Min.
16
Qualifications
  • Certified Scuba Diver

Pricing

Starting Price
1550
Price Details
3-week internship price is IDR 25.000.000 (USD $1550).
includes diving, equipment and certifications (PADI Coral Restoration Diver, Reef Check EcoDiver, & AWARE Coral Reef Conservation).
accommodation options on-site (dormitory USD $10/night or private room USD $40/night) or off-site in nearby guesthouses.
Blue Corner Marine Research programs are offered at Blue Corner Dive in Nusa Lembongan island, Bali.
Jan 16, 2025
Jan 11, 2025
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About Program

Join our certified restoration practitioners and biologists on an ongoing coral restoration project in Nusa Lembongan, Bali. During this 3-week program you will learn about techniques and up-to-date science on coral reef restoration, as well the biology of corals.

Our Scientific Internships are intensive programs which combines training in coral reef ecology, reef health monitoring and coral restoration. This internship intake starts the first Saturday of each month. With options to do 1, 2, 3 or 4 week internships. Each week of the program focuses on a different theme and runs Saturday to Thursday (6 days a week) and builds upon the next so that students gain in-depth knowledge of impacts and solutions for coral reef health.

This program involves daily diving at our coral restoration site, so participants need to be certified divers with good bouyancy. If you are not yet a certified diver, arrive to Blue Corner Dive a few days early and take your dive license with us.

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Program Highlights

  • Week 1: Coral Reef Ecology - Each day then includes specific task-orientated diving and lectures in topics from coral health, marine invertebrates and tropical reef fish identification.
  • Week 2: Reef Health Monitoring - Learn about several survey techniques used to monitor coral reef health. You will conduct reef health monitoring surveys at our coral restoration site as well as comparison surveys at neighbouring reefs.
  • Week 3: Coral Restoration Project Management - Participate in coral restoration and learn about each of the aspects of planning and running a coral restoration project.

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Natalia
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

A life experience

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What was your funniest moment?
Learning coral restoration techniques 😍
Pros
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
  • Active Hollidays
25 people found this review helpful.
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Vanessa
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Saving the coral reefs

In my 3 week program in Nusa Lembongan island I learned so much about coral reefs
and really improved my diving skills. It was such a fun way to meet other like-minded people! Some of the other interns stayed at guesthouses in the village but I decided to stay in their dormitory at the beach - which was social as other students who were doing conservation and diving programs at Blue Corner Dive were also staying on-site. In the 3 weeks we dived almost every day with marine biologists learning all about coral reef species and ecosystems. The program leaders Egi, Yas and Andrew are all so much fun and knowledgable about marine life!

What was the most surprising thing you saw or did?
We saw a mola mola (sunfish) right at the coral restoration site while we were diving! Most mornings are spent underwater identifying different species on the reef, monitoring or transplanting coral so often we are so focused on the what we are doing that we almost didn't see the HUGE fish right beside us!
Pros
  • AMAZING diving!
  • Life-long memories and friends
  • new passion unlocked (coral restoration)!
Cons
  • small island so the wifi is not always fast
34 people found this review helpful.

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