26 Reef Balls were deployed in Lake Zurich last week by PADI Aware foundations, PADI Europe, Bar Sport (a PADI 5 star dive center). Kurt Amsler, a renown world underwater photographer, managed the project and Jack Lavanchy, soon to be accepted into the Diving Hall of Fame, was the patron for the project. A matching grant was provided by the Reef Ball Foundation, Inc. PADI Aware plans to offer the use of 26 Reef Ball molds of various sizes to any PADI Europe 4 or 5 star Dive Center that can use them in a project that is beneficial to the environment and to scuba diving. The purpose of the initial project was to work out protocols for using this large number and variety of molds by Diving instructors and volunteers primarily for use in freshwater lakes.
