Reef Ecologic: Coral Gardeners of Manta Ray Bay

The tourism industry was one of the hardest hit by COVID-19, with most boats unable to operate and tour guides stood down. Reef Ecologic saw this as an opportunity to engage the local community with the work happening in their blue backyard. Over 20 tour guides from Red Cat Adventures, Ocean Rafting and Daydream Island became citizen scientists for the day, working with the team from Reef Ecologic to survey fish life and plant coral.

We were commissioned to capture the two-day reef restoration process of Manta Ray Bay - from the sky, from below and from onboard the tour vessels. Over the two days, we interviewed the Reef Ecologic team and tour guides involved and created a short film documenting the process behind the project.