Manta Awareness

Manta Awareness Distinctive Specialty Course

What You Learn

The PADI Manta Awareness Distinctive Specialty course includes a 1/2 day presentation designed to introduce guests and staff to the Manta species common in our planet's seas & oceans. Not just for diver either, but designed and aimed at all!

The PADI Manta Awareness Distinctive Specialty course teaches divers and snorkelers about the vital role of coral reefs in the marine environment. The course also familiarizes participants with the current state of the world's coral reefs and how they can help.

There are 2 dives involved in the course where divers are frequired to record manta sightings either photographically or on slates. Upon return to the dive centre and resort, these results are recorded and uploaded to the The Manta Global Database.

The PADI Manta Awareness Distinctive Specialty course training are:

To familiarise students with the role of Project AWARE in preserving the aquatic environment.
To introduce Manta species common in temperate or tropical waters.
To provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to identify Manta Rays
To record sightings in The Manta Global DatabaseTo inform students about the decline in Manta Ray populations, importance of Manta Rays to marine biodiversity and what they can do to reduce the loss of Manta Rays worldwide.

This certification also counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.

Courses are taught at least weekly by Mad Fish Dive Centre's on-site Marine Biologist and PADI Instructor, Kate Wawatai, at a time that suits the current guests in house.

As a prep for the course all guests are sent a link to the "AWARE Our World Our Water" manual which is the training manual for the course.

AWARE - Our World, Our Water speaks about serious problems facing today's underwater environments and explains how implementing simple solutions can help protect them.

In these pages you'll discover the ocean's most spectacular environments, from tropical coral reefs to polar habitats.

Download "AWARE Our World Our Water"

manual generously donated to Project AWARE Foundation by PADI

The Learning Materials You Need

Our World, Our Water peels back the curtain and takes you behind the scenes of our underwater world. Discover just how important our underwater eco-systems are and what you can do to help protect them.

Visit Project AWARE Foundation to download your copy today.

Prerequisites

There are no dives or age limits. Divers and non-divers alike enjoy learning about the aquatic environment.

Your Next Adventure

Since fish life and coral reefs go hand in hand, it also makes sense to learn about fish identification with the AWARE Fish ID course.

You may also want to brush up on your underwater photography skills so that you can document and capture images of the conditions of the reefs and species you’re encountering.