Morning: After breakfast we get our orientation to the Roatan Institute for Marine Science (RIMS).  Students who need rental gear get that sorted.  Students who are scuba diving need to bring their certification cards with them.

We do a check out snorkel/dive to assess comfort in the water and to make sure everyone's equipment is working properly.  Divers will asses their buoyancy skills and determine proper amount of weight needed.

Afternoon:  After lunch, the students will get their first coral reef ecology lecture & species ID class.  We then dive/snorkel  to identify all major coral species found here.

Evening:  After dinner students participate in a  REEF Fish ID lecture, learning the names of the fishes found in this location.

Meals: BLD

Morning:  Students enjoy breakfast and share Group 1-day report. Afterwards we have our invertebrate ID lecture followed by a dive/snorkel to allowing students to practice their fish and invertebrate ID skills.

Afternoon: Students will enjoy picnic lunch on Maya Key and tour the animal care facilities there. Afterwards is another dive/snorkel to practice their fish ID skills and participate in a REEF Fish Survey.

Evening: Before dinner students will attend a turtle lecture and after, will participate in a presentation on mangrove ecology.

Meals: BLD

Morning:  Today during breakfast Group 2 will present their day report. Afterwards we take a trip to Man-O-War Key to snorkel a mangrove root, seagrass and patch reef with organism collection & ID.

Afternoon:  Lunch and then another dive/snorkel to work on our invertebrate ID skills.  

We then have our first dolphin lecture.

Evening:  After dinner we have a presentation on the threats to coral reefs.

Meals: BLD

Morning:  Today during breakfast Group 3 will report their day reports.  We then have our second dolphin lecture.  Afterwards students dive/ snorkel and start on their research projects.

Afternoon:  After lunch we take a bus trip for our Canopy Zip-lining Tour & Gumba Limba Park visit.

Evening:  Dinner tonight is a BBQ Fiesta on the Key.  Students participate in a crab race, reggae, limbo and watch Garifuna dancers.

Meals: BLD

Morning:  At breakfast Group 4 presents their day report, followed by a coral restoration lecture/training. Students will dive/snorkel the coral nursery & put what they learned to use.

Afternoon:  After lunch is another dive/snorkel so that students can work on their research projects.

Evening:  This evening students have a short lecture to learn about night diving/snorkeling and what they might see before heading into the water to experience it for themselves.  Dinner is after the night dive and in the evening, students work on their research projects.

Meals: BLD

Morning: Today during breakfast Group 5 shares their day report.  Afterwards we partake of our last dive/snorkel of the trip.  From there students will swim with the dolphins - a highlight of the trip!

Afternoon: After lunch we take a bus trip to an Iguana Farm and Monkey & Sloth Hangout.  Then head to Oakridge, a local town nearby.

Evening: During dinner, Group 6 shares their day report.  After, all students present their research projects to the group.

Meals: BLD

Morning: Breakfast and time to upload fish surveys into REEF database.  Trip reports are combined as a memory for the group.

TBA:  Depart for airport and flights home

Meals: B