Join us and be part of the Sea Search community!

Explore and learn about the diversity of marine plants and animals found in Victoria's Marine Protected Areas.

Sea Search is a community-based citizen science program allowing community and school groups to volunteer in Victoria’s wonderfully diverse Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries - also known as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Community volunteers benefit from learning new scientific skills including how to identify their local marine flora and fauna, whilst contributing to the management and knowledge of their marine park.

With a Sea Search monitoring kit, volunteers are able to collect accurate data on marine biodiversity in relation to seasonal changes over time. This data can be used by the local community and parks management agencies to make informed decisions to ensure Marine Protected Areas perpetuity.

The Sea Search program is run by the People and Parks Foundation, a not-for-profit charity whose purpose is to connect people to the natural environment in order to improve human health and wellbeing.

Proudly sponsored by ExxonMobil and Parks Victoria, the Sea Search program builds strong links with local communities by providing volunteers with a hands on opportunity to be involved in managing Victoria’s MPA’s.

Friends of Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary volunteers monitoring their local intertidal rocky shore.