An amazing experience in a great location!

I completed GVI's marine conservation internship in Mexico for 6 weeks. It was an incredible experience. The staff in base were amazing and I was able to compelted my Advanced Open Water and Coral Reef Restoration Diver speciality while I was there. I was assigned to coral and worked my way up to be able to lead Coral Watch dives where we surveyed the level of bleaching the corals were experiencing.

We would also take part in weekly beach cleans and I helped work in the coral lab too where they're nurturing corals before replanting them on the reef when they're a bit bigger.

On weekends we were free to explore. I snorkelled with whale sharks, dived in cenotes, swam in bioluminescent algae and visited the historic pyramid in Chichén Itzá.

It was truly an amazing experience and I met some wonderful people along the way too!!