Aqualung, PADI unite with Kaua‘i divers for #DiveForEarthDay

Two Kaua‘i organizations will be part of what may be the largest statewide dive cleanup in Hawai‘i history on Earth Day, April 22.

In partnership with sustainability group Kanu Hawai’i, national organizations Aqualung and PADI are staging hundreds of divers to participate in more than 10 dive cleanups in coastal areas of every major Hawaiian island. The goal is to remove personal and industrial garbage littering Hawai‘i’s shorelines, reefs and coastal waters.

An estimated 15 to 20 tons of marine trash are being washed up on the shores of Hawai’i every year, 96% of which is made from plastic material.

Cleanup dives on Kaua‘i will be hosted by local ocean conservation nonprofit Hoʻomalu Ke Kai and scuba business Seasport Divers. Both events are located on the South Shore of Kaua‘i.

For more information and to register for Ho‘omalu Ke Kai’s “Da South Side Sweep,” click here. For Seasport Divers’ cleanup at Koloa Landing, click here.