At Ocean Alliance Project, a big part of our mission is passing on knowledge and responsibility to the next generation. Having our keiki come do hands-on work with us, getting to explore their local marine… Read more

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 a mosaic of coral structures,… 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 use advance photogrammetry tools for… 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 for our 1-Day Coral Reef… 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 Tour. What followed was an… 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 to its conservation. Through our… 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 find definitive results in 6… 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 how CoralNet and TagLab, two… 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 (EMP) and photogrammetry methods to… 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 below to learn all about… Read more