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AWARE Week 2025
Join the Movement. Create Change Above and Below the Surface.
13-21 September
This AWARE Week, Join the Ocean Torchbearer Community
The 8th annual AWARE Week is your invitation to be part of something bigger-a global movement of divers and ocean advocates working to protect the underwater world we all love. From 13–21 September, Torchbearers around the world will unite to take action above and below the surface through cleanups, citizen science, education, and advocacy.
This year, we spotlight the launch of the PADI AWARE Conservation Action Portal (CAP), your all-in-one digital hub for marine conservation. Whether you’re submitting underwater survey data, signing a global petition, or discovering Adopt the Blue™ sites, the CAP makes it easier to turn your passion into purpose.
Access it via desktop or download the AWARE App. It’s the same powerful platform, built for action anytime, anywhere.
DOWNLOAD THE AWARE APP
Above the Surface: Explore the Conservation Action Portal
The Conservation Action Portal is your gateway to global ocean action. It’s where you can join conservation campaigns, share your impact, and connect with others who care about the aquatic realm as much as you do.
Here's how you can get involved today:
1. Collect Your Torchbearer Badge
2. Submit Citizen Science Surveys
3. Discover Adopt the Blue sites near you
4. Sign petitions to protect ocean species and habitats
5. Donate to support ocean conservation program
6. Track your impact
Take the Ocean Torchbearer Pledge
Whether it’s your first dive or your hundredth, there’s a place for you in the Torchbearer Community. Together, we’re building a healthier blue planet and a more resilient future.
Ocean Torchbearers have contributed to the largest underwater marine debris database on the planet, advocated for protections for over 104 species of sharks and rays, and have aided over 35,000 entangled marine animals.
Below the Surface: Make Every Dive Count
As divers, we have a unique window into the health of the ocean, and a powerful opportunity to protect it. Whether you’re exploring a coral reef or diving your local site, every dive can be a chance to create positive change.
Join Dive Against Debris®
Turn your passion into purpose by removing marine debris and submitting data that helps shape conservation policies. Your surveys contribute to data real-world solutions that protect aquatic ecosystems around the globe.
The best part? Anyone can participate.
Turn Every Dive into A Survey Dive
Log your actions directly through the Conservation Action Portal (CAP) or AWARE App to track your personal impact and contribute to global ocean health.
Your dive data supports the PADI Blueprint for Ocean Action, a global effort to protect vulnerable species, address marine debris, restore habitats, and expand marine protected areas.
Join an AWARE Week Event
Looking to do more? Join your local dive center, club, or community for a conservation event during AWARE Week. Or gather your fellow divers and host a Dive Against Debris or conservation event.
Use the Conservation Activities Locator to find events near you. Together, we can create positive change in every corner of the globe.
Meet the Torchbearers
This movement is powered by people-divers, explorers, and everyday advocates-united by a passion for protecting what they love. Together, we’re creating change, restoring balance between humanity and ocean through meaningful action.
Share Your Impact and Inspire Others
Your actions matter and your story can spark more change. Share your AWARE Week adventures on social media to inspire the next wave of Ocean Torchbearers.
Don’t forget to tag #AWAREWeek @paditv and @padiaware.
You might even be featured in our global AWARE Week recap!
Thank You to Our Partner
AWARE Week is made possible by Blancpain, Official Partner of the PADI Blueprint for Ocean Action and Founding Partner of the Adopt the Blue™ Program.