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2.7M+
pieces of marine debris logged by 100,000 divers in 120 countries
44,000+
marine animals freed from entanglement
$800,000+
to 80+ community-led projects in 17 countries
100+
shark and ray species with increased protection measures

One-off gifts fund projects.
Monthly gifts fund the force.

You power the work between the headlines: the citizen science, the policy seats, the community grants. Give whatever amount works for you, and change or cancel it any time.

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Your thank you: give $10 or more a month and we send you the exclusive PADI AWARE Dive Buddy Mask Strap, worn on every dive.

Protect the Blue Heart

For many of us, the ocean isn't just a place. It's home, a classroom, and a source of life-changing adventure. The waters that shaped your journey face growing pressures: warming seas, overfishing, plastic pollution, habitat loss.

A legacy gift ensures the underwater world that shaped your story continues to inspire the people who follow you into it. It keeps the work funded long after your last dive.

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The PADI Blueprint for Ocean Action

Turning diver participation into real world ocean impact

Our shared conservation framework with PADI: a measurable, action-driven plan mobilizing divers, dive centers and partners against the ocean's most urgent, human-driven challenges, through the programs below.

Five pathways to ocean recovery

Marine Debris Program

Marine Debris Program

Flagship: Dive Against Debris®

Goal: Cleaner oceans

Divers remove debris and collect data that reveals pollution hotspots, improves waste management, and informs ocean policy. Every survey advances solutions to plastic pollution.

Vulnerable Marine Species Program

Vulnerable Marine Species Program

Flagship: Global Shark & Ray Census

Goal: Reduced extinction risk

Divers track and protect sharks, rays and other vulnerable species by contributing data that supports conservation actions to reduce extinction risk.

Marine Protected Areas Program

Marine Protected Areas Program

Flagship: Adopt the Blue™

Goal: Expanded ocean protection

Divers collect standardized data at Adopt the Blue sites that informs governments and partners. That evidence supports smarter protection decisions and accelerates local conservation work.

Marine Habitat Recovery Program

Marine Habitat Recovery Program

Flagship: Diver-led habitat monitoring and recovery

Goal: Restored ocean habitats

Divers support local recovery and monitoring projects that help revive coral reefs, seagrasses and other vital ocean habitats, strengthening ecosystems for future generations.

AWARE Community Grant Program

AWARE Community Grant Program

Flagship: AWARE Grant Program

Goal: Community-led impact

AWARE Community Grants fund locally led projects that protect ecosystems and empower dive communities. Backing grassroots action turns local effort into lasting impact.

SEE THE BLUEPRINT

They didn't wait to be asked.

A gaming community raised over $14,000. A teenager took on plastic. Dive centers turned their house reefs into fundraisers. Your way counts too.

Leading the way

Every Action Shapes
the Future of Our Blue Planet

The Conservation Action Portal is where Ocean Torchbearers log the work: debris removed, sharks and rays sighted, surveys completed. Take action, track your contributions, and watch the collective record grow.

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Every gift keeps this work in the water.

Your gift helps transform the world's largest diving community into the world's most powerful force for ocean conservation.