Women’s Dive Day 2026 Cleanup with Sea Experience

On Saturday, July 18, 2026, The International SeaKeepers Society partnered with Sea Experience for a Dive Against Debris in celebration of Women’s Dive Day! Sea Experience is a dive shop located in Fort Lauderdale that is awarded the PADI Green Star to commemorate their efforts and dedication to conservation and identify them as a dive shop that cares about our coastal environment and actively takes steps to protect it. This month we were joined by 8 volunteer divers who descended with mesh bags and sea snips to remove any trash they found at the dive sites. Due to strong currents, we weren’t able to head to our usual site Hog Heaven, the wreck of a 180-foot barge about 60-70 feet deep, and instead opted for a drift dive over the coral reef, about 30 feet deep. Our second stop was The Caves, a shallower reef site ranging in depth from 20-30 feet, named for its small caves. At both dive sites, the reef was looking very clean, with the exception of some pieces of fishing line our volunteers carefully untangled from the coral, and one Corona beer bottle! SeaKeepers’ Community Engagement Manager also completed a SEAFAN BleachWatch report to help increase observations of coral bleaching and disease in South Florida, and we noticed some signs of coral bleaching on many bouldering coral. In total, we removed over 2 pounds of trash from the two dive sites, while getting to spot super cool creatures like a spotted moray eel, two yellow Stingrays, and tons of Spiny lobster. While heading back to the marina, we held a raffle for all our volunteers, and gave out gift bags to all the women present in celebration of Women’s Dive Day. We are so grateful to all the volunteers who joined us and put in effort to clean our oceans, and we look forward to partnering with Sea Experience again in August for another Dive Against Debris!