DiveSight Institute
Every dive is a chance to know the ocean better.
We're a diver-powered conservation initiative — turning the dives people already love into citizen-science observations, purpose-built surveys, and stronger protection for the places we dive.
Why we exist
Divers are already everywhere the ocean needs watching.
Millions of people descend into reefs, kelp forests and wrecks every year and come back knowing exactly what they saw. DiveSight Institute exists to turn that first-hand knowledge into observations that science and conservation policy can act on.
What we do
Expertise and tools for the ocean's advocates.
The Institute turns a global diving community and in-house scientific expertise into real support for the people and organizations protecting the ocean.
Tools for citizen scientists
Simple, intuitive tools that turn any dive into a usable citizen-science record.
Free data-science consulting
Our in-house PhD data scientists help conservation organizations make sense of their data — at no cost.
Survey science, in the field
We design and co-lead the field surveys that answer real conservation questions.
Access to ocean & climate data
Custom pipelines that make vast oceanographic and climate datasets usable for researchers.
Making data count
We help partners turn the data they gather into real-world protection.
Citizen science
The Sealife List: your dives, counted.
Keep a running record of every species you encounter underwater. Your Sealife List is personal — a diver's diary of a lifetime below the surface — but together, thousands of Sealife Lists become a signal: what lives where, and how that changes over time.
We treat every diver as a scientist-in-training. Novice observations flow in as a clearly separate, lower-confidence stream, while the app helps divers grow toward recognized survey accreditation.
The reach behind the work
A community that already spans the ocean.
dive sites in the DiveSight network
marine species in the field guide
countries with coastal coverage
“The divers who love a reef are the ones who notice first when it starts to change. Our job is to make sure someone is listening.”
Join the effort
Your next dive can be data for the ocean.
Log what you see and help build a living record of ocean life that informs real conservation — one dive at a time.