www.merrowfoundation.org

Summer Camps

A weeklong adventure building scientific diving skills while exploring local reefs and shipwrecks.
AQUAneers!

Become an AAUS Science Diver and work on research projects!
Science Diving!

Continue to upgrade your skills and training!
Experiential Travel

Put your skills to use beyond NC! Come with us to a variety of locations to complete projects!

Welcome!

MERROW Foundation was founded in 2016 by Janelle Fleming and Jason Fleming as a call to action for the Ocean Environment here in Carteret County and beyond. This non-profit is growing from the humble desire to work with citizen scientists both young and old that are interested and willing to help improve and study the ocean environment. Check out our Youtube Channel and our FB Page!

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Certifications offered

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Trained Science Divers

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Corals Outplanted

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Our Featured Training

With over 25 years in the Science and SCUBA industry, we can provide unique training experiences leading to expertly trained scientists that use SCUBA diving to address issues related to ocean health!

Science

Science

Learn basic oceanography as it applies to the local environment, including 1) species identification; 2) quadrat surveys; 3) transect surveys; …
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Hospitality

Hospitality

Welcome to Eastern North Carolina, home of the Crystal Coast! We have fantastic warm water wreck diving, accessible inshore diving, …
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Diving

Diving

Great diving locations! Great dive shops! Lots of expert advice! Known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic”, much of the …
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Environment

Environment

Eastern NC has Estuarine, near shore, coastal, and open ocean environments that are being studied by NCSU, UNC, Duke, and …
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Why Choose Us

Janelle, one of the co-founders of MERROW Foundation, hails from South Florida and grew up in and around the water, salt and fresh. She learned to dive at the age of 16 when her brother signed her up for lessons because he wanted a dive buddy. A little skeptical at first, it wasn’t until she met Jason and they decided to go on a SCUBA honeymoon that the SCUBA bug really hit! They have traveled and dived all over the world!

We have dived in freshwater springs, like the Te Waikoropupu Springs (Pupu Springs) in New Zealand!

Coastal oceans of South Africa, Australia, Japan, Moorea, North Carolina, Honduras, Cuba, Mexico…

And estuaries and back bays conducting science diving in all of these environments!

When we first started, there was no training that we could take and we had lots of “On-the-job” training. We often thought it would have been nice if someone could have provided the basics for conducting science diving…hence the reason behind MERROW Foundation!