Trawangan Dive Indonesia
The Early
Learning Centre of Shark Awareness
Over 2013 Trawangan Dive has seen a rapid increase in the number of families choosing to dive at Trawangan Dive Centre. Being a 100% Project AWARE partner and a Coral Conservation Centre we like to educate divers where we can about the latest conservation issues.
One of the ongoing issues globally is the declining shark populations. Over the last couple of years Trawangan Dive has seen a noticeable increase in the number of PADI programs being taught to children and we have also noticed that generally children tend to pick up, process and retain information on a far superior level than their fully grown adult counterparts.

We have noticed that children will often ask their instructor “will I see a shark?” and this is often followed up by; are they big? Are they scary? And can they eat me? These questions are often driven by the portrayal of modern media such as Hollywood films and even some cartoons where the shark always tends to be the bad guy and everyone always makes friends with the dolphin. So this is where we can potentially teach people about sharks, their behavior and their threatened environment.

We also run The Biorock course here at Trawangan Dive and where possible divers are encouraged to take a dive at the actual Biorock Sites. The Biorocks are often built here outside Trawangan Dive and placed within easy reach of The Gili Trawangan coastline. The structures are often made into interesting shapes, for example one of the structures is shaped like a whale shark and another is a motorbike.

Here at Trawangan Dive we pride ourselves
in providing an overall fun experience for all divers, especially children
whilst at the same time not forgetting our overall responsibly to the
environment and the highly professional conduct of each and every one of our
instructors.
If you’re Interested in volunteering in one of our
conservation projects get in touch with the Trawangan Dive Coral Conservation
Team on info@trawangandive.com.
Or alternatively more information can be found at
www.trawangandive.com
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