Any dive can be a Seasearch dive! If you would like to fill in a survey form for any dives you are doing, please do so! Click the links below to download the forms.

Observation Forms and Guidance Notes
Please click the link below to take you to the Seasearch website, where you can download the Observation and Survey recording forms and Guidance Notes.
Seasearch website: Observation and Survey Forms

Sea Fan Form
Please click the link below to take you to the Seasearch website, where you can download the Sea Fan recording forms (General and Wreck) and Notes for Recorders.
Seasearch website: Sea Fan Forms

Pipefish Forms
Please click the link below to take you to the Seasearch website, where you can download the Pipefish recording form.
Seasearch website: Pipefish Form

Scylla Form
The National Marine Aquarium (NMA), Seasearch and the Marine Life Biodiversity Network (MarLIN) have launched a new scheme, "Settling on Scylla", which aims to monitor which species of marine life are choosing to makes Scylla their home. If you have dived Scylla, please help us by filling in the Scylla form. The form merely asks you to tick which of the species listed you have seen, cross those you have not seen (equally important, as some species settle for a time then move on), the amount of that species you saw and how confident you are of your identifications. The accompanying ID guide for this form has been sent out to all the local dive centres and boat skippers, so if you're unsure of what any of the species are and don't have your own ID guide to hand, ask your skipper if you can see a copy. The form should only take a few minutes to complete but the information you provide is invaluable!
Scylla Form

Adobe Acrobat Reader
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the above files as they are pdf's - click the Acrobat link below if you need to download it. It's free!
Adobe Acrobat Reader

Seasearch Slates
Don't forget, you will probably need to write some information down during your dive to record on the survey forms. There are now two sizes of Seasearch slate available, which have been made up especially for Seasearch divers.

One is a pocket version you can carry in your BCD and have available on every dive. The other is A4 size and essential for serious recording. Both slates have a clip to attach to your BCD, a pencil on an elasticated line, a simple aide memoir to the Seasearch recording sequence and a metric scale on the bottom so you can find out exactly how big things are underwater!

The cost of these slates is a very reasonable £5.00 for the pocket slate and £7.50 for the A4 one, + postage if you are buying on line.

The pencil won't last forever of course and there are now have Seasearch pencils available, made from recycled plastic cups. They last much longer underwater than a wooden pencil and are a recycled product. They are 60p each.

You can buy your slates and pencils directly from the MCS website, at http://www.mcsuk.org (click on "Shop", "Seasearch Books & Survey Materials", then click on "Survey Accessories").