Happy New Year from the Marine Park!

Great news for the New Year! Now open again: Marine Park Outreach and Education Centre at the St John's Island National Marine Laboratory. It was closed due to asbestos being found on St John's Island. More about how to get there, and what you can see and do at the Centre here.

As the year ended, volunteers conducted more awesome intertidal walks, divers explored the reefs, a massive artificial reef structure was deployed at the Marine Park and the Friends of the Marine Park met on the islands.

Busy January at the Marine Park!

A big start to the year as the Marine Park joins the community in Celebrating Singapore Shores for International Year of the Reef 2018. With a Marine Bioblitz, and workshop on plastics.

Visitors on Day 2 of the first public intertidal walks of 2018
Photo by Collin Tong.

A rescued baby sea turtle was released at the Marine Park. Volunteer guided walks at the Marine Park remains a big highlight. Meanwhile, the Friends of the Marine Park met up and the Kayaking Working Group made a working visit to the Marine Park.

Awesome year end 2017 at the Marine Park

As the year ends, an announcement from NParks: The Public Gallery on St John’s Island will be closed on 21 Dec 2017 (Thu) for maintenance. The Public Gallery will open on 24, 25, 31 Dec 2017 and 1 Jan 2018 but from 10 am to 11.45am only.

Visitors during the November public walk.
Photo by Belinda Tan.

Here is a look back at happenings in November and December! Sea turtles hatching, more intertidal walks, a dive at the marine park and more!

Awesome October at the Marine Park

The first St John's Island public walk was held, while rainbows brightened up the intertidal walks at the Marine Park! Dive surveys give us a glimpse of life underwater.

Photo by Kar Mun.

The Friends of the Marine Park met again, while more information about the sea turtle hatchery being set up at Small Sisters Island.

Jam-packed June and July at the Sisters' Islands Marine Park

It has been a very busy June and July at the Marine Park! Our first dive cleanup, an important meeting of the Friends of the Sisters Islands Marine Park, lots of public walks, surveys of the marine park for impact of mass coral bleaching and more.

Photo by Stephen Beng.

Stephen Beng, Chair of the grouping saind "Friends of the Sisters' Islands Marine Park met to Strengthen ties within our ocean-loving community, to Share in our efforts to protect our Marine Park, and to Support the good work each of us is doing for our reefs."

Marvellous May at the Sisters Islands Marine Park

New animals at the Sisters Islands Marine Park! First sighting of a beautiful bannerfish, and a species of coral. A bioblitz also turned up some interesting finds and a sighting of dolphins!

Photo by Richard Kuah.

Meanwhile, volunteers continued to conduct intertidal walks for the public, and the public dives continue.

4 Jun 2017 (Sun): Marine Clean Up and Coral Rescue at Sisters Islands

For divers! Celebrate World Oceans Day in the first marine debris clean up dive at Sisters' Island Marine Park!

Ever wondered how coral restoration is conducted? Experience it first-hand as you team up with our local researchers to rescue our corals.

Amazing April at the Sisters Islands Marine Park

Another awesome month of outreach by the volunteers of the Sisters Islands Marine Park.

Happy visitors during the public walk on 30 Apr
Photo by Richard Kuah.

Together with NParks staff, they conducted public walks and did outreach during ADEX, the dive expo. They also helped to document the annual mass coral spawning that happens every April. And the Marine Park was featured in an article about the history of Singapore's reefs by Marcus Ng.

Calling for volunteers for the Sisters Islands Marine Park!

You CAN make a difference for marine biodiversity in Singapore!

Join the enthusiastic volunteers of the Marine Park!

Register to volunteer with the Sisters' Islands Marine Park as a guide, diver or citizen scientist. Places are limited. Sign up now!

Joyful January at the Sisters Islands Marine Park

More delightful public intertidal walks in January, led by volunteers and NParks staff. Giving a glimpse of the amazing marine life found the Park.

Photo by Richard Kuah.

There was also a lovely feature of the Marine Park thanks to Lea Wee of the Straits Times. Announcing that coral bleaching is over and the dive trails are now open again at the Marine Park.

Happy National Day from the Sisters' Islands Marine Park!

This National Day, enthusiastic visitors, volunteers and NParks staff gathered to celebrate at Singapore's first marine park! Divers at the Marine Park also celebrated with wild dolphins!

Photo by Ian Siah on facebook.

Alas, the Marine Park (and other Singapore reefs) continue to suffer from global mass coral bleaching.

Happenings at the Marine Park as the year turns

2015 ended with a special whale of a find at the Marine Park! Also, the last intertidal walks for the next three months as the pontoons are being maintained until Apr 2016. While spectacular dives continue underwater!

Photo shared by Koh Kwan Siong.

Meanwhile, it was a relief that the Marine Park was not affected when a freighter sank in the area in December.

First public dive at the Marine Park!

The first public dive on 8 Nov was in the news!

With lots of interesting sightings! Check out the great video clip on Channel NewsAsia!

Open now: Public registration for Dive Trails at the Sisters Islands Marine Park

Register now for dive windows on 8 and 22 November 2015 at the new Sisters’ Islands Marine Park Dive Trail.

Interested divers can sign up by contacting the approved dive operators listed on the Sisters’ Islands Marine Park website. The minimum requirement for those who wish to dive the trails is a certification beyond entry level from reputable international training organisations and relevant dive experience. More details on the NParks press release below.

September happenings at the 'Mother Reef'

"The Sisters' Islands, home to Singapore's first marine park, are also Singapore's "mother reef" of sorts, researchers have found. The waters around the two islands are the likely source of the country's impressive coral diversity, thanks to currents which can pull coral larvae in to take root there."

New life explodes from Singapore corals during mass spawning!
Photo by Karenne Tun on facebook.

Thanks to Chiang Ai-Lien for featuring the work by researchers in The Straits Times. Volunteers were also busy in September helping out at public intertidal walks and trial dives.

Jubilee Jubilations at the Sisters Islands Marine Park

Despite the wet weather, happy happenings continued at the Marine Park!

Photo by Stephen Beng shared on facebook.

In Jubilee August, there were trials of the newly launched dive trail at the Marine Park, lots of visitors to the newly opened Public Gallery, and more public walks. Thanks to the volunteers and NParks officers who made these possible.

Joyful June at the Sisters Islands Marine Park, with a tinge of sadness

It has been a busy joyful June! New dive trails at the Sisters Islands Marine Park were announced at the Festival of Biodiversity last weekend!

Photo by Ria Tan

Lots of happy families visited during the June school holidays for the public walks at the Park. Alas, this is tinged with sadness. We are heartbroken that the Giant clam on the public walk trail has died.