Cocos Island: Undersea Treasure Discovered

By Georgienne Bradley. Save Foundation is an ocean conservation non-profit group that strives to protect our oceans by raising awareness about the beauty of marine ecosystems and their fundamental importance to human survival. We seek solutions, advance public policy, and drive advocacy. Our goal is to preserve and improve the health of the oceans for the next generation.

Our key strategic methods are education and advocacy.  We aim to inform and translate scientific discoveries for our stakeholders through our electronic weekly publication, “Ocean Week in Review” (OWIR). This weekly digital digest is a one-stop shop for ocean-related news with article summaries and links to primary publications.

We have a strong social media presence on multiple platforms where we draw our following into OWIR. Our advocacy work is aimed at connecting our stakeholder community directly with decision makers, enabling our people to weigh in on the ocean issues of the day.

Endangered species protection, prevention of coastal oil and gas drilling, plastic pollution prevention, and ending shark finning are among the many critical advocacy actions Sea Save Foundation has championed.

Sea Save Foundation believes, as did Jacques Cousteau,  that people protect what they love. Education and advocacy efforts form the core of Sea Save Foundation work.

While Sea Save Foundation is based in Malibu, California, our origin is in Costa Rica at Cocos Island. Cocos Island is a Costa Rican National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an ocean natural treasure. This island, part of the Cocos Ridge, is located approximately 300 miles off the west coast of the Costa Rican mainland.

Similar in scientific value to the Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island has an advantage: it’s a tropical rainforest full of diverse, isolated, and in some cases endemic species.

This unique and fascinating island has inspired the settings for “Jurassic Park” and “Treasure Island” and continues to inspire great minds today.

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Georgienne Bradley is the founder and executive director of Sea Safe Foundation, and co-owner of Bradley Ireland Productions, an underwater still photography and video stock house. As a well-known conservationist, she is much involved in protecting marine life off the remote Cocos Island.

Underwater photographer Georgienne Bradley in action, Cocos Island

Cocos Island

Hammerhead Shark, Cocos Island

Whale Shark, Cocos Island

Hammerhead Shark, Cocos Island

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