While diving we keep an eye out for any tagged animals and work closely with marine conservation organisations, like the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, to ensure that our activities benefit the ecosystem and locals as much as possible. Our long term goal is to get a sense for the changes in the reefs health and to keep detailed records of our observations in dive logs so that detailed records exist of direct observations of the reef.

Divers can be a cause for concern for some conservationists, as we can easily damage the reef with our fins. At Tonga Travels we know how important it is to minimize the damage divers do to a reef, and so any newly qualified divers are watched closely and helped by our dive professionals to maintain their buoyancy. Any diver wishing to get their Advanced Open Water qualification with us must also do the peak performance buoyancy dive. On this dive students experiment with their buoyancy in an area where their impacts is minimal, to gain a better feel for buoyancy control and stop them from damaging the reef with accidental contact. This dive is also a lot of fun, trying to run on the bottom of the sea is always a challenge!

We request that our visitors viewing Humpback Whales submit any photos they take of the Whale's flukes to the Tongan Fluke Collective to help them further their research.