Project Seahorse Analysis

Living in South Florida presents the opportunity to take part in a variety of water activities, such as fishing, boating, and swimming. But for many residents who aren’t able to swim, the water is a frightening and dangerous place. Despite being surrounded by water, between 50 and 70 percent of children in Florida don’t know how to swim. Those numbers are staggering and tragically this statistic is why more children in Florida die from accidentally drowning than any other state in the nation.
This is exactly why Dan Volker and Jim Abernathy founded Project Seahorse, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to equipping children with the skills and resources needed to explore the underwater treasures that line our coast. With a mission to
The culmination of the program was a trip into the deep blue waters
On Monday, August 1, the training came to a culmination when 23 delighted campers arrived at the Boynton Harbor Marina excited and anxious to board three commercial dive boats, graciously provided by Splashdown Divers, Loggerhead Dive Charters, and Starfish Enterprise. Although the original plan to explore the Lofthus, a Norwegian cruise ship that sank in 1898 about 200 yards off of the Boynton Beach coast, was thwarted by choppy seas, the children happily sailed to Boynton Bay, near the Boynton Inlet, to explore marine life beneath the glistening water.
To many it was just another typical day in sunny South Florida, but to this group of camp goers it was an adventure into the deep blue that many had never experienced. The children were eager to get off the boats and begin using their newfound snorkeling skills to explore the relatively shallow waters of the Boynton Bay. They were delighted to see clams, hermit crabs, and schools of fish swimming freely in their natural