Exploring Turtle Canyons in Waikīkī Just offshore from the iconic sands of Waikīkī lies one of Oʻahu’s most beloved and biodiverse marine habitats — Turtle Canyons. This reef system is Read more

Honu Hotspot Investigation in Maunalua Bay This month, our Coral Reef Conservationists, Courtney Thompson and Paige Landis, dove into Maunalua Bay’s Koko Crater dive site to monitor coral cover and Read more

At Ocean Alliance Project, we believe that protecting Hawai‘i’s coral reefs starts with empowering people to take part in the process. Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting Krisztian Simon Read more

On a sunny day off the south shore of Oʻahu, we had the joy of welcoming Madeleine, a 13-year-old aspiring marine biologist, and her mom to our Discover Conservation Diving Read more

A Dive with Purpose: Regenerative Tourism in Action At Ocean Alliance Project, we believe in regenerative tourism—a model where visitors and community members don’t just observe nature but actively contribute Read more

The final task for our 6 week Marine Research Interns is to develop an Independent Research Project. The project’s goal is to expand our long-term datasets on Oahu, not necessarily Read more

Last week our interns gathered their first sets of benthic quadrat and photogrammetry surveys and this week they analysed that data using two programs: Coral.Net and TagLab. This post shows Read more

Why is Monitoring Coral Health Important? A huge focus for Ocean Alliance Project (OAP) is monitoring coral health on the reefs of O’ahu. OAP have adopted the Ecological Monitoring Program Read more

Ocean Alliance Project- Ecological Monitoring Program Our OAP Six Week Marine Research Interns have just completed their second week, where they dove deep into the Ecological Monitoring Program (EMP). Read Read more

Ocean Alliance Project- Six Week Marine Research Internship Our second cohort of 2024 summer interns began their six week Marine Research Internship on Monday, and it’s our biggest cohort yet! Read more