Ocean Allies Habitat Protection SEA LIFE

Discover how we're helping ocean habitats

At SEA LIFE, we’re restoring ocean habitats worldwide to protect marine life for the future. From global beach clean-ups and a Seabin in Sydney Harbour to seagrass and kelp restoration in Busan, seagrass research in the UK, and Project SeaGong in Bangkok, we’re helping vital ecosystems thrive. These habitats support biodiversity, capture carbon, and create healthier oceans for all. Together with our partners and visitors, we’re making a real difference—one project, one species, one habitat at a time.

We champion the need for plastic-free oceans and organizing the world’s largest 24 hour Beach Clean is one of the ways we look after our seas and shorelines.

Hundreds of volunteers take part in our annual Global Beach Clean, removing 1000s of kg from the world's beaches every year. We're proud of the work we do towards our vision of a planet where oceans are healthy, properly protected and full diverse of life.

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SEA LIFE Sydney hosts a Seabin™ onsite helping to remove waste straight from the harbour. A Seabin works by skimming the surface and sucking in water to remove plastics, microplastics, fuel oil and other harmful contaminants.

In their second year of a three-year sponsorship with Seabin™, we are proud to share the following achievements as of August 2024:

Water Filtered: 391 million litres, equivalent to 156.22 swimming pools.
Marine Litter Captured: 1.87 tonnes
Estimated Plastic Items Captured: 958,618
Estimated Microplastics Captured: 591,313

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Every year on World Ocean Day, hundreds of people participate in the SEA LIFE Trust Global beach clean to fight the wave of pollution! We are so proud of how many clean up events took place around the world!
Check out some of our fave snaps from the day in SEA LIFE Shenyang.

Working with Nature Mind-Ed we aimed to deliver a community-based Seagrass & Dugong conservation initiative in the Andaman region of Southern Thailand. Together, we helped to conduct ecological research and monitoring of the local seagrass meadows, champion sustainable resource management and develop programmes to enable nature connection and ocean conservation. We have spent over 160 hours assisting the project including removing 500kg of litter and creating on and off-site displays to promote better education and foster stewardship of this vulnerable habitat.

In the Helsinki, Finland we work to remove invasive plants, such as beach rose (Rosa rugosa) and Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) or alder trees (Alnus glutinosa) in Great Yarmouth, UK, which are reducing our native biodiversity and impacting our freshwater and marine ecosystems