Key West Citizen Science Diving Project

Volunteer Information Request Form

  • Please review carefully the schedule for each day of the expedition and indicate which days you would like to attend using the checkboxes.
    • Arrival at the Reef House Hotel on Key Largo
    • Buffet dinner at the Reef House Hotel in the French Conference Room at 5:00 PM
    • Dinner Talk # 1 – Dr. James Porter will set the stage for the coming week
    • Dive at Horseshoe Reef & Grecian Rocks
    • Science Dives 1 & 2 (First dive Includes check-out dive & buoyancy control training)
    • Lunch on boat (Box lunch provided by Reef House Hotel)
    • Dinner on your own
    • Horseshoe Reef -Surveys and sample collection
    • Science Dives 3 & 4 (Photogrammetry, Sea urchin surveys, & WQ sampling)
    • Lunch on boat – Box lunch provided by Reef House Hotel
    • Buffet dinner at the Reef House Hotel in the Carysfort Conference Room
    • Dinner Talk # 2 – Dr. Porter will present his Emmy-Winning documentary, Chasing Coral with Audience Q & A
    • Coral Restoration Foundation
    • Science Dives 4 & 5 (Restoring an Endangered Species)
    • Morning: Classroom exercise at CRF headquarters, Key Largo on planting coral.
    • Picknick Lunch on the road to Tavernier
    • Science Dive 4: Collect Acropora from a CRF “Propagation Tree”
    • Science Dive 5: Plant Acropora specimens on Restoration Reef
    • Dinner on your own
    • Visit Key West
    • Behind the scenes tour of Mel Fisher’s Treasure Museum
    • Visit Key West Aquarium
    • Visit Hemmingway House
    • Dinner @ Blue Heaven Restaurant
    • Horseshoe Reef
    • Science Dives 6 & 7 (Equipment retrieval and final sampling)
    • Box lunch provided by Reef House Hotel
    • Buffet dinner at the Reef House Hotel in the French Conference Room
    • Dinner Talk # 3 – Dr. Porter “Bombs Away! Removing Underwater Unexploded Ordnance from Coral Reefs in Puerto Rico and Hawaii
    • Breakfast/Departure
    • To permit flying on Saturday, dives on Friday will be in the morning and will be < 25 feet.