I received this email today from Gaynor of Kenna Ecodiving, near Barcelona in Spain:

My partner and I had been diving here for a number of years before coming to live on the Costa Brava; and had noted a big difference between the protected and unprotected areas.

So we began a research project to look at diversity within the sea grass in a local bay, initially to make our own diving more worthwhile. Soon diver friends from the UK and Ireland were joining us regularly and we started to feed our data to a Catalonian conservation organisation CRAM.

The project has grown from there and we now have volunteer divers coming from all over the world to help with our research, especially budding u/w photographers and divers with an interest in conservation.

In return for the help in gathering data we offer free ecodiving and some intial training on species identification and data collection techniques.

Volunteers (up to 6 per week) stay in a lovely apartment, with private pool, and are collected from Girona or Barcelona airports and brought down to the boat each day for diving.

Have a look at our website to get more info on the sea grass (Posidonia oceanica), see photos, etc.

Members of your group would be assured an excellent stay with great diving and with much fun to be had.

Best regards Gaynor

Their trips cost €223 (approx £160) for 1 week, including airport transfers, accommodation, and up to 10 dives (weather dependent).

If anyone would be interested in organising a trip, or just going on a trip, please leave a comment below.