Links to Registration, Dive Planning and Dive Logging.
| Visit the G2KR project main website. While there, please sign up to receive the G2KR Newsletter. Stay up to date regarding the project, potential changes, and get announcements of raffle prize awards at the end of the year. G2KR requests and highly recommends you become certified as a "Kelp Forest Restoration Specialty Diver." The class will introduce you to the site, urchin culling technique, special equipment and techniques you'll use, and more. Please contact an instructor here. Are you completing the class, or had it previously and want to refresh your knowledge? Take the Quiz here. We have a guide for your dive day when doing Kelp Forest Restoration Dives, it makes a nice reminder of what you learned in class. Authorized Instructors can access the course materials here. And register newly certified students here. |
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| "Trained" divers with Kelp Forest Restoration Specialty certification | "Untrained" divers without Kelp Forest Restoration Specialty certification |
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| One-time Volunteer Diver Registration do this only once, before your first dive on the project site (Grid or Orange Buoy) |
No pre-registration is necessary for divers without specialty certification. Go directly to "Where to Cull" on the gray buoy, below. |
| Before You Dive: Get a "Where to Cull" Assignment on the Grid or Orange Buoy for Kelp Forest Restoration Specialty certified divers. |
Before You Dive: Get a "Where to Cull" Assignment on the Gray Buoy for divers without Kelp Forest Restoration Specialty certification |
| Download a "reminder" page containing a KFR class summary and step-by-step procedure for your dive. |
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| Check Your Assignment on the Grid or Orange Buoy for Kelp Forest Restoration Specialty certified divers. To practice getting a Lane Assignment, enter your name as “test” at that link |
Check Your Assignment on the Gray Buoy for divers without Kelp Forest Restoration Specialty certification |
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Where to buy a recommended urchin-culling hammer. Where The Buoys Are: GPS Locations Also see the "Where to Cull" page for the Gray Buoy for a buoy location diagram. |
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KFR-certified divers:
Afterward: Please Log Your Dive |
Afterward: Please Log Your Dive |
| IMPORTANT REQUIRED DOCUMENTS View and download the G2KR Waiver and Release. This must be signed and returned to G2KR before diving on the project site. Instructions: print and sign the waiver, then take a cell-phone photo of the signed second page. Email that to info(at)g2kr.com. If you prefer, place your signature digitally onto the PDF of the waiver. Fill in your name and the date and email the signed PDF to info(at)g2kr.com. Buy a California Sportfishing License online. Mandatory for all divers who cull urchins. Your license must be within reach when you return to the beach or boat. It does not need to be carried undewater. Update your "GO" number, as issued by CDFW with your fishing license. |
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| Injured by an Urchin Spine? Find treatment advice here. | |
Project Information on Video
Project Kickoff Webinar
Project Kickoff Q&A
For more in-depth background
Help Save Kelp
An 18-minute overview video by Marc Shargel and Keith Rootsaert,
featuring interviews with dive business owners, fishermen and boat captains.
Dive Into a Changing Ecosystem
Recording of webinar presented by the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Exploration Center, featuring underwater photographer Kate Vylet, PhD candidate and ecological
researcher Joshua Smith and MBNMS Resource Protection Coordinator Karen Grimmer.
An excellent look at the kelp/urchin crisis from aesthetic, scientific and regulatory perspectives.
Smith's overview of his just-published paper is a primary-source look into the latest science.
Video by Coriolis Films A very informative 12 mintues
Snapshot of Current Project Status
View Urchin Culling Results To-Date
List of registered divers