14/08/2026
Recently, we completed more scuba training with the We are the S E A W O M E N of the G B R. What a journey itโs been watching this incredible program continue to grow. A huge shout out to Coral Sea Foundation for creating a program that equips Indigenous women with the skills and knowledge to care for their sea country.
In this round of scuba training, the SeaWomen extended their diving skill set by taking on the Advanced and Rescue Diver courses.
Haylie had this to share about her time training the SeaWomen:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎโ.
To the 2026 cohort of GBR SeaWomen, keep growing, keep leading, keep diving and keep protecting the oceans and communities you love.