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Join us to restore
the Cozumel coral reefs

Supporting coral restoration, advancing marine research, and inspiring the next generation of coral guardians.

Tour Our Nursery

Do something worthwhile on your vacation! Come snorkel or scuba our coral nursery.

Take A Course

Passionate about corals and marine life? Take a scuba course and learn more.

Be A Volunteer

Join us to plant, monitor and tend to corals and undo the damage humans have done.

ABOUT US

Dr. German Mendez founded the Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program in 2017 to conserve and restore Cozumel’s coral species affected by unsustainable development, overtourism, and climate change.

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We grow and restore damaged corals in our aquarium and coral garden, then plant them in the Villablanca Reef. To date, we’ve built 29 coral restoration platforms and planted over 10,000+ coral fragments!

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We research coral reproduction, diseases, and water contamination, and offer educational programs to tourists and Cozumeleños, empowering them to help protect and regenerate their coral reefs.

7

Years

700

Trained Volunteers

29

Coral Platforms

10,000+

Corals Restored

BECOME A CORAL GUARDIAN!

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Dr German Mendez
Founder of CCRRP

"Join me in my fight to save the reef! 1 in 4 fish live in the corals and depend on the reefs. Only 1% of the ocean has corals and half of them are already deteriorated."

We are a non-profit that relies on donations from generous people like you. Becoming a Coral Guardian monthly donor gives us a stable funding stream so we are able to embark on longer term, impactful projects like micro-fragmentation, safeguarding corals on land and expanding our deeper water nursery program.  Your donations will go towards the purchase of the microfragmentation machines, coral planting epoxy, air tank refills, electricity to run the lab and temperature controlled tanks. Thank you so much! 

Join our fight. Donate!

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TAKE A TOUR OF OUR CORAL NURSERY

Are you visiting the Cancun or Tulum on vacation, or just passing through Cozumel on a day-trip? Come visit our coral nursery and do something different and good for the planet on your vacation. We offer a snorkel and scuba option, perfect for all levels. All profits go towards our coral restoration efforts.

One of our snorkel tour participants along with some fish you can see in our coral nursery.

Coral Nursery Snorkeling Tour

A 2 hour snorkel adventure, starting with a quick overview of reef ecology, followed by a snorkel exploration of our coral nursery. Great for all levels.

$45

One of our tour participants underwater with some of the fishes you can see in our coral nursery.

Coral Nursery Scuba Tour

A 4 hour package including a quick overview of reef ecology, followed by an intro to scuba diving with 2 dives of our coral nursery. Get closer to the fish and corals.

$85

EXPAND YOUR SCUBA, FISH AND
CORAL REEF KNOWLEDGE

Wanting to get certified for Scuba? There’s no better place than the warm, crystalline waters of Cozumel. Combine it with our Coral Restoration course to learn more about the ecology of the reefs and pitch in to help restore and tend to our coral nursery. We also offer more advanced courses for coral research and fish cology

Scuba diver cleaning restoration platform with many new coral fragments planted

PADI AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialist

Learn first hand about the coral species that make up the Mesoamerican Reef and the different techniques to restore them. Prerequisite course for volunteers.

Type:

Scuba, Beginner

Duration:

2 days with 4 dives

$250

Moray eel seen during scuba tour

PADI Reef Fish Identification Course

Learn how to find, identify, and the importance of the many fish and marine species that inhabit the Mesoamerican Reef Ecosystem.

Type:

Scuba, Beginner

Duration:

3 days with 6 dives

$300

Scuba diver practicing hand signals

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course

This course helps you master buoyancy control to take on more complex coral restoration tasks and have longer lasting recreational dives.

Type:

Scuba, Intermediate

Duration:

2 days with 4 dives

$200

VOLUNTEER WITH US

Volunteers are essential to the CCRRP. We have opportunities of varying lengths, be they families visiting for a day, resident divers who want to give back to the reef, or students doing an months long internship. Many foreign volunteers have become return visitors, travelling to Cozumel yearly to see how much the corals they've planted have grown!

Thank you to all our generous business donors

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and our educational and coral partners

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If you are an organization that would like to collaborate or become a donor, please feel free to contact us.

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Join us and save the Cozumel reefs.

Your contribution enables our team to actively restore the damaged reefs by planting new coral fragments to ensure we maintain the coral and fish diversity here in Cozumel, Mexico.

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