Engage with professional marine research, the BCSS Ocean Observatory and an experienced team of leading scientists. Learn about the pressing issues that the marine world is facing today, how marine science is crucial in understanding how vulnerable ecosystems work – and how we can work to protect sea life.

• Join research expeditions
• Assist research fieldwork
• Work with the Ocean Observatory
• Learn about technical diving
• Learn about operational oceanography
• Coordinate research projects

Learn everything about permaculture as a way to provide food in a remote location. Work side by side permaculture manager Chloe and the BCSS gardeners and dedicate your time to sustainable waste management. From understanding the value of food forests to organizing and joining workshops to envisioning and executing brand new project ideas; you will learn the careful process of what it takes to use soil in a way that dramatically lowers the CO2 footprint of a station.

• Learn about the challenges of growing food in a dry climate
• Organise and join workshops on gardening
• Organise and join beach clean ups around the island
• Collect data derived from the marine debris for scientific research of the Ocean Observatory
• Learn how to be self-sufficient, individually and as an organisation
• Work side by side BCSS’s permaculture manager
• Learn how to establish a fruitful food forest

Assist the Dive Manager of BCSS with everyday tasks while improving your diving skills and gaining in-depth knowledge of safety measures and dive theory. Whether you are a new diver or already possess certifications, you’ll step off Benguerra Island feeling confident to guide groups and conduct research underwater. The internship period will give you plenty of time to learn more about your interests and to develop your career-path in terms of marine research, remote conservation and socio-economic development work.

• Get PADI certified: Open Water, Advanced, EFR, Rescue and Dive Master certifications
• Become a professional Divemaster through a 3-month training
• Assist our dive manager with daily marine operations
• Assist the science team with marine research projects and expeditions
• Learn about subjects like ocean acidification, species identification and ecosystems
• Dive in a marine protected area with marine megafauna like manta rays and sharks

Get to know what role media plays in the world of scientific research. Join BCSS’s research expeditions and work with towing camera devices in the ocean and handle deep water deployments to monitor wildlife and gather valuable data. Understand how deep-sea filming works at depths of 100 and 200 meters with a lander and special lights. By the end of your internship you will understand how media is crucial for various scientific objectives, whilst you contributed to the important non-profit projects of the Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies.

• Join marine research missions in the middle of the Bazaruto Archipelago
• Widen your photography skill-set by documenting research projects
• Photograph thriving marine life
• Work with complex underwater filming gear like towing camera devices and deep-sea filming equipment
• Understand how media plays a crucial role within various scientific objectives
• Use photography as a tool for marine conservation

Marine Research Internship:
Starting at US$2100 for 4 weeks

Permaculture Internship:
Starting at US$2000 for 4 weeks

Dive Master Internship:
US$5995 for 12 weeks

Photography Internship:
Starting at US$1350 for 2 weeks