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International volunteer opportunities for the conservation of coral reefs

This is your opportunity to work at the forefront of marine conservation. You do not need to have any prior academic or SCUBA experience as we have staff on site ready to take you through all the necessary training. We are happy to welcome people from all nationalities and all walks of life, all we ask is that you are medically cleared to dive, physically fit and most importantly... keen to learn.


Below you will find a number of ways in which you can join us, we offer volunteer programs for individuals from 18 years of age and groups from 16 years of age. In addition to placements for international volunteers we are able to offer bespoke projects to groups, support to independent researchers, internship opportunities, and scholarship programmes to host-country community members. At the moment we operating exclusively in Sinai, but in the future we hope to offer a variety of contrasting marine conservation expeditions.


As of 2021, Coral Cay Conservation no longer operates in the Philippines. For the last year we have been working incredibly hard behind the scenes to create a new and impactful marine conservation project.  Our new project in Sinai (SCRCP) is just that; offering volunteers the chance to learn how to dive, learn how to ID corals, invertebrates and fish, and also how to work in remote locations. We will be using state of the art survey equipment (SeaGIS Stereo Video Surveys for fish and PhotoQuadrats for corals), and an enhanced Reef-Check methodology for cryptic fish species and invertebrates.


Unlike our project in the Philippines, we are currently only able to offer short expeditions of 2-3 weeks depending on your diving qualifications. Unfortunately, we do not own a site in Sinai, and we collaborate and operate out of SubSinai. This means that we are only able to offer limited durations for the time being. In 2023, we hope to be offering trips every few months! Click here to see our expedition dates for 2022.


Current Projects

Volunteer Programs

If you are looking to join us as a volunteer, contributing to the conservation of the marine realm whilst building and fine-tuning your underwater data collection techniques, click on your project of interest for more information on how to get involved.

We also offer lots of other opportunities and we're happy to help guide you if you're undecided on which project to join! So, if you would like to undertake your thesis research, gain career building skills in diving or expedition leadership through our internships or wanting to join our Scholarship Programme as a host-country national, select one of the options below for more information.
If you are looking for information about our historic Philippines site, then please go to our historic projects page.

If you are not sure which option you need to select or would like to discuss the option for a bespoke trip, please use the contact us page and we'd be happy to help.
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