Saving Philippine Reefs Expedition 2026 in Southeast Cebu
May 3–10, 2026 | Southeast Cebu The Philippines, at the heart of the Coral Triangle, is home to some of the world’s richest marine ecosystems. Its mangroves, seagrasses, and coral…
Dive into Conservation: Saving Philippine Reefs Expedition 2024 at Tubbataha Reef
The Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (CCEF) hosted the Saving Philippine Reefs Expedition 2024 in Tubbataha Reef from May 17 to 24, 2024. The expedition’s main goal was to evaluate…
Participants of the 2017 Saving Philippine Reefs Expedition (SPR) take a pose to culminate the end of this year’s exercise.
2017 Saving Philippine Reefs Expedition targets Siquijor
The 9-day expedition to Siquijor was staffed by a much more diverse team than past expeditions. The team included five foreign volunteers, 10 CCEF staff, three Silliman University marine science…
SPR 2016 Team
Celebrating Saving Philippine Reefs 25th Year in Calamianes Islands, Palawan
The 25th Saving Philippine Reefs (SPR) annual expedition was conducted in the Calamianes Islands, in northern Palawan last April 17 to 25, 2016. Led by CCEFs’ President and Secretary Dr.…
Black tip shark taken by Ethan at Tubbataha
SPR Divemaster Ethan Lucas writes about saving Philippine Reefs
SPR Divemaster and former Peace Corps volunteer Ethan Lucas writes about CCEF's oldest recurring activity which is Saving Philippine Reefs. SPR has been a source of reliable data for coral…
SPR 2013 participants, composed of expedition volunteers and CCEF staff pose for this group picture near the entrance of Kasai Village Resort in Moalboal, Cebu
Saving Philippine Reefs Expedition 2013, Moalboal & Badian, Cebu
We all met under the big umbrella by the pool at the Montebello Villa Hotel in Cebu during the course of the afternoon – Geoff, Denise, Sandy, Laurent, Sheree and…