Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS)

1st Ocean Observatory in Africa & Indian Ocean 🌊 Research Station 🔬 PADI 5* Dive Center 🤿 Data sharing 📊 Environmental management 🌍 EXPLORE WITH US ⬇️ KEY INFO Station staff: 26-30. Infrastructure: x2 laboratories, x2 research vessels, x1 vehicle 4x4, workshop/storage, solar plant. Accommodation: 26 beds. Diving facility: PADI 5* Dive Center/School + Pool/scientific tank. Research specs: Technical/scientific diving, research logistics/support/guiding, supervision, collaboration. Expertise: Operational/chemical/physical/biological oceanography, weather forecast, hydrographic surveys, megafauna capture/handling/tagging, commercial/technical diving, 3D seabed surveys, spatial mapping, animals ID/taxonomy. MISSION The BCSS station hosts the first permanent multi-ecosystem time-series Ocean Observatory in Africa & the Indian Ocean. Working on regional to global time-series projects facilitating professional logistics/operational terrestrial/marine support to government, institutions, universities, researchers, divers, students. The station provides open-source data on environmental sciences, oceanography, marine biology/ecology, biogeochemistry, and sustainable practises.