#scuba Aggressor Adventures & SSI host online auction for conservation – DIVE Magazine

October 24, 2023 - Comment

[ad_1] Premiere liveaboard operator Aggressor Adventures and dive training agency SSI have partnered to raise funds for the Sea of Change Foundation with an adventure-themed, online auction. The auction, which contains more than $75,000 worth of trips and dive equipment, is open for bidding and monetary pledges from October 16, 2023, and will close on November 18, 2023 at

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Premiere liveaboard operator Aggressor Adventures and dive training agency SSI have partnered to raise funds for the Sea of Change Foundation with an adventure-themed, online auction.

The auction, which contains more than $75,000 worth of trips and dive equipment, is open for bidding and monetary pledges from October 16, 2023, and will close on November 18, 2023 at 11:59pm EST (4pm GMT).

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All funds raised through the auction will go to support the Foundation’s mission to create positive change for the natural world we all love to enjoy and explore. The Sea of Change Foundation is a US-based, tax-exempt not-for-profit organisation, and the official conservation partner of Aggressor Adventures.

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More than fifty auction items are on offer – with most opening bids starting well below retail value – including amazing trips, adventures, water sports and dive gear, original and signed artwork (donated by the Guy Harvey Foundation and Michele Westmorland), camera gear, gift baskets/cards and more.

Starting with Aggressor Adventures, there are four ‘trips of a lifetime’ on which to bid:

Or bid on a fabulous one-week, liveaboard trip for one guest (with 20 per cent off a second guest) for the ‘ultimate whale shark adventure’ in the Sea of Cortez with Nautilus.

Fantastic land-based adventures to bid on include a three-day shark and turtle field research experience with MarAlliance and, separately, a hotel stay and tour at Lamanai Landings, both in beautiful Belize. Or, bid on a fabulous seven-night stay/dive at Manta Ray Bay Resort, Yap.

If the Philippines is on your adventure bucket list you can bid to dive and stay for a week at two boutique resorts with Amuni Ini. If you’re more intereted in the Caribbean, you could bid on a relaxing seven-night stay for six people in a private villa on St. Lucia; or a seven-night VIP stay for two guests in Treasure Beach, Jamaica.

The Scubapro Mk25 EVO/S620ti combo is one of the dive kit pieces up for auction (Photo: Scubapro)

The auction also includes some of the best dive gear available, including brand new regulators, BCDs, computers, masks/fins/snorkels, dive bags, wetsuits, and rash guards from leaders in the industry, including Aqualung, Coltri, Mares, SCUBAPRO, TUSA, Henderson, OCEAN REEF, Shearwater, and Sharkskin.

To complete the adventure, the auction also offers two paddleboards from AKONA, a Suunto sports watch for outdoor expeditions, the best reef-safe skincare from Stream2Sea, complete travel kits from SSI, a choice of three Hoffner knives, and underwater camera equipment from GATES and the Mike & Mike Photography School.

‘We are deeply grateful for the support of our wonderful sponsors, Aggressor Adventures and SSI, and for all our generous donors, including California Diving News/Scuba Show, DAN, and Classified Diving,’ said Samantha Whitcraft, the Sea of Change Foundation’s Executive Director.

‘Without the dive and adventure travel community’s dedication to conservation and their generosity, this amazing auction, and the critical conservation it will fund would not be possible.

‘We are so excited to work, again, with Guido Waetzig, SSI’s CEO, and so many conservationists working to preserve our coral reefs, terrestrial ecosystems, and threatened species,’ said Wayne Brown, Aggressor Adventures CEO and Board Chair of the Foundation. ‘Please join us in raising funds by bidding in or donating to the auction to help support the Foundation’s excellent work with innovative, community-based conservation projects around the world.’

Check out the Aggressor Adventures online auction, to start bidding on the trip of a lifetime.

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