Monterey 2024

This training is for divers who meet the course prerequisites and have no prior Reef Check Kelp Forest Monitoring experience.

Online training sessions: Tuesdays 6:30p - 8:00, May 14 to June 4
Field sessions: June 9 & June 15-16

Class sessions online. Pool session June 8, location TBD. One day of shore diving followed by two days aboard the Escapade out of Monterey (6 dives total)

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Why do you want to take the Reef Check training?

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How do you feel about diving in kelp?

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I like kelp, but don't like be tangled in it.

I tend to stay on the outside of kelp beds.

I hate swimming through kelp on the surface.

Kelp is beautiful, I love diving in kelp!

I don't have a lot of experience diving in kelp.

Kelp tugging at my gear makes me nervous.

I'm comfortable doing a kelp crawl to get through kelp on the surface.

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