Great experience with GVI

I had only done 5 dives before I went however with a lot of support from the team in Mexico I left as a fully qualified Divemaster with 98 dives. It was incredible to be a part of marine conservation specialising in juvenile fish and then later in adult fish. I had the amazing opportunity to be able to help monitor the recruitment of fish on the coral reefs as well as be a part of an international coral watch project to monitor bleaching. Out of the water we also got to assist at a coral laboratory, cleaning coral microfragments for restoration of the reef.

We lived in a "ware-home" with 3 rooms of 8 people and a large communal space. There was also plenty of space to store both the GVI BCDs and regulators along with personal kit.

Having done this internship as part of my university placement year it has made me want to go into marine conservation when I graduate and I wouldn't have found this passion without GVI