Ashlynn’s Marine Project...

During the nearly six weeks in Koh Pha Ngan, Ashlynn dove for five weeks. The first few dives were lessons on dive research by staff from the NGO CORESea (Center for Oceanic Research and Education).  

These photos show happy underwater moments, but don’t show that most of their one-hour long shallow dives were used to count the number of Drupella sea snails and record which type of coral they were found on and are presumed to eat.

Here’s a nice shot of a Drupella. Ashlynn used the data collected for her bachelor’s dissertation, which earned an A. You can read her team report by scrolling down on this post.

Ashlynn tried free diving and really enjoyed it. She also enjoyed the warm water.