Your opportunities to build a career or be active in coral reef conservation and restoration

SSI Shark Ecology

This non-diving specialty program teaches you the skills and concepts required to identify the common sharks and loose the fear of diving with them.

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SSI Marine Ecology

¿Do you want to know what other ecosystems we can find in the oceans? The non-diving SSI Marine Ecology course helps you understand the oceans and marine life.

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SSI Sea Turtle Ecology

This non-diving specialty program teaches you the skills and concepts required to identify marine turtles and learn the actions to protect them.

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SSI Blue Oceans

Sign-up for the free SSI Blue Oceans e-learning course today and start your career of meaningful diving for marine conservation. Learn the Responsible Diver Code and enter our Responsible Diving System. 
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The Green Fins Dive Guide e-Course

Sign-up for the free Green Fins Dive Guide course today and start your career of meaningful diving for marine conservation. Learn how to lead by example. 
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SSI Manta Ray Ecology

This non-diving specialty program teaches you the skills and concepts required to identify the common mantas, rays, stingrays, and skates species.

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GREEN FINS DIVER E-COURSE

Sign-up for the free Green Fins Dive e-course today and start your career of meaningful diving for marine conservation. Learn how to lead by example. 
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SSI Coral Identification

This non-diving specialty program teaches you the skills and concepts required to identify the common families of the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, and Red Sea corals. 
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SSI Fish Identification

This non-diving specialty program teaches you the skills and concepts required to identify the common families of the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, and Red Sea reef fish. Learn the Responsible Diver Code and enter our Responsible Diving System.

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SSI Science of Diving

Advance your skills for the practice of meaningful diving for marine conservation.  Acquire the knowledge required to begin your dive professional career.

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Coral Reef Restoration Online Course

This course was designed by the Reef Resilience Network to provide coral reef managers and practitioners with best practice guidance for common coral reef restoration techniques. Lessons incorporate new science, case studies, and management practices described in the Reef Resilience Toolkit.

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Introduction to Mangroves Online Course

This course introduces you to the mangrove – a rare and threatened ecosystem. It provides a brief overview of how mangroves evolved, their geographical distribution, importance to humans and coastal ecology, and global status and threats.

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Helping make this goal a reality!

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
4.4. By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
4.7. By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.

Take The SSI Blue Oceans Course

Learn the Responsible Diver Code

Become a Green Fins Dive Guide

Green Fins Dive Guide e-Course

Green Fins Dive Guide CourseAs a dive professional leading and guiding scuba divers, you have the ability to positively influence diver behavior and help protect coral and other marine life on every dive. If you can manage your divers and prevent them causing damage, then you are helping protect coral reefs one dive at a time.

This course will build on your existing scuba diving knowledge by providing you with the skills and confidence to conduct more environmentally friendly diving trips. It has one simple goal: to reduce the negative impacts of scuba diving on the underwater environment.

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Meaningful Diving Universe

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR YOU TO START HELPING BUILD RESILIENT CORAL REEFS.

Corales de Paz Meaningful Diving Universe

Coral Reef Diver Recognition Program

Free recognition ratings for you every time you complete a new meaningful diving level.

You care, you help, you are becoming a better, more responsible diver. We want to recognized your commitment. At Corales de Paz, we have created a commitment recognition rating program just for that. Every time you reach a new level, we’ll send you an e-card with your name and level for you to show, share and encourage others to become meaningful divers for marine conservation too. Divers with certifications in any of the programs of our Meaningful Diving Universe, except the Reef Check and Reef Repair programs, from a recognized diving agency can request recognition by Corales de Paz to receive their Coral Reef Diver rating.

Corales de Paz Commitment recognition program

CORAL REEF DIVER

You become a Coral Reef Diver when you take the Blue Oceans or Green Fins dive programs, and successfully complete and passed the Reef Check EcoDiver and Reef Repair Diver programs.

ADVANCED CORAL REEF DIVER

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You reached Advanced Coral Reef Diver rating when you are already a Coral Reef Diver and successfully complete and passed  all programs in the Coral Reef Ecology I group.

MASTER CORAL REEF DIVER

You reached Master Coral Reef Diver rating when you are already an Advanced Coral Reef Diver and successfully complete and passed all programs in the Coral Reef Ecology II group.

EXTENDED CORAL REEF DIVER

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You reached Extended Coral Reef Diver rating when you are already a Master Coral Reef Diver and successfully complete and passed  all programs in the Skills for Meaningful Diving I or II.

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Even If You Are Not a Diver

Show your commitment to responsibly friendly snorkeling and diving by learning the current challenges that oceans face today, commit to take actions to reduce your impact, and adopt code of conduct for a  responsible use of coral reefs. You can be a snorkeler, a diver or a dive operator. Take today the SSI Blue Oceans Program and the Green Fins Dive Guide Course and show that you care and want to change. They add for your free commitment recognition rating under our Meaningful Diving Universe.  

For our Responsible Diving System Corales de Paz has registered as dive school with Scuba Schools International (SSI) . Register today in our SSI´s dive school page and start taking any of these and many more e-learning courses in our Meaningful Diving Universe. It´s as simple as login and learn with SSI´s e-learning platform from your phone or laptop.