The academic manual focuses on:

• The goals and challenges of marine conservation
• A holistic understanding of the ocean environment
• Anthropogenic, or human-caused threats to the ecosystem
• Current conservation strategies including proactive methods of repairing damage and the value of premeditated efforts influenced by monitoring and evaluation
• How scientific efforts influence policy
• Systemic behavioural changes that can accelerate conversation efforts

In the Open Water manual there are the following:

• Buoyancy and trim exercises
• Buoyancy control on the bottom
• Finning frog kick and modified flutter
• Observation exercises