Logo for Krakens Ocean Champions, featuring a circular design with a light blue background of stylized ocean waves, with a black illustration of a small octopus in the upper left and the text 'Krakens Ocean Champions' written in bold, black lettering.

Discovering the Ocean’s Magic

The Krakens is a 5-day marine holiday programme that immerses students in ocean life and environments, discovering the significance of nature and how best to protect it.
Students will survey the rocky shore and sandy beach, snorkel in protected tidal pools, participate in clean-ups, create marine art from beach-cast pollution, learn about citizen science through a long-term monitoring programme and produce an environmental awareness campaign to amplify the voice of change. We will also get to visit the endemic African penguin at Boulders Beach, learn more about jawsome sharks and understand the importance of marine protected areas while exploring a local conservancy. This holiday programme also includes poetry and art sessions, encouraging students to keep an eye out for, and appreciate, the smaller critters that we encounter.

A group of children kneeling and crouching on rocky ground at the beach, looking into a shallow tide pool during a 'Krakens' group activity, with the 'Guardians of the Deep' logo visible in the corner.
A child floating comfortably in a shallow tidal pool, wearing a blue snorkel and mask, while holding onto a bright orange life ring, with the 'Guardians of the Deep' logo visible in the corner.
A close-up of a limpet shell attached to a colourful, rocky surface covered in pink encrusting algae, with the 'Guardians of the Deep' logo in the corner.
A group of children exploring and cleaning up on large granite rocks at the beach during a 'Krakens' group activity, with the ocean in the background and the Guardians of the Deep logo in the corner.
A group of children crouching and playing on a sandy beach during a Guardians of the Deep activity, with branded feather flags and a coastal seawall visible in the background.
A close-up of a child snorkeling underwater, wearing a blue mask and snorkel, with the 'Guardians of the Deep' logo visible in the corner.
A young girl sitting on the sand, writing on a worksheet while leaning against a bright orange life ring, with a 'Guardians of the Deep' flag displayed beside her.
A group of children jumping and playing joyfully on the beach, framed by two large 'Guardians of the Deep' branded feather flags with the ocean and misty mountains in the background.
A group of volunteers releasing African penguins from cardboard transport crates onto a sandy beach, with large granite boulders in the background
A group of children playing joyfully in a sunny tidal pool; one girl is mid-air jumping into the water while others play nearby, with the Guardians of the Deep logo visible in the corner.
A young girl walking along a sandy beach, wearing a face mask and yellow gardening gloves, while carrying a black bag used for collecting litter during a beach clean-up.
A young girl wearing a cap and face mask, leaning over a rocky tide pool and pointing at something in the water, with other children and an adult standing nearby during a Guardians of the Deep activity.