Blue Planet DC

06/07/2026

Calling all scuba divers, freedivers, mermaids, and ocean-lovers!

Dive into action for World Oceans Day by joining our special PADI AWARE Foundation Trivia Night on June 11th! It's an exciting evening of ocean trivia and great company, where you will:
- Earn your PADI AWARE Specialist certification, moving you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver.
- Fund marine conservation efforts - your registration includes a donation to the PADI AWARE Foundation.

Special World Oceans Day Offer: Sign up now and get 50% OFF the PADI AWARE Specialty! It's the perfect way to learn, celebrate, and take your commitment to ocean protection to the next level.

Join here: https://blueplanetdc.com/courses/padi-aware-specialty

06/06/2026

🚨Just Dropped 🚨:

Escape landlubber life and join Blue Planet for a long weekend of diving in Puerto Morelos! Perfect for both new and experienced divers. Take this opportunity to finish your Open Water Diver certification!

One of the most pristine and authentic dive destinations in the Mexican Caribbean, Puerto Morelos offers incredible biodiversity, healthy reefs, calm waters, and a guaranteed good time.

Add on the amazing whale shark excursion and make it an unforgettable adventure! Picture yourself snorkeling side-by-side with the biggest, most breathtaking fish in the sea. It’s pure ocean magic.

Snag your spot before it’s gone! https://blueplanetdc.wetravel.com/trips/finish-your-certification-in-mexico-whale-sharks-blue-planet-scuba-3141594150?source=widget_trips -this-trip

06/05/2026

Get ready for the 7th Annual REEF Reef Environmental Education Foundation Fish Out of Water Virtual 5K!

It's almost time to get out and get active in your local community while making your miles count. Join us! Here's how:

Register through REEF, using the link below, and in the Fish Shoal box, enter Blue Planet Scuba. All participants will receive a limited-edition race shirt, bib, and custom fish team vinyl stickers through the mail. Proceeds from your registration support the REEF Oceans for All Fund.

Join us on June 9th at 5 PM here at the shop to walk in support of our fish friends at REEF.

Celebrate afterward with a Happy Hour at 6ish PM at Vagabond (1836 18th St NW, Washington, DC).

Register here: https://www.reef.org/5Kregistration

06/04/2026

Even the pros never stop learning.

Our instructor team spent some time in the water sharpening their skills, practicing rescue scenarios, and ensuring we bring the absolute best (and safest) training to you.

Love the water so much you want to make it your office? Turn your passion into a career and join the ranks of the dive industry’s most respected professionals.

🔱 Join us for PADI Pro Night!
📅 June 18th at 6 PM
📍 Blue Planet Scuba

Come chat with our team, learn about the Divemaster and Instructor pathways, and get exclusive event-only perks.

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfeLYoV3F_u-PK0YNdbxJ6662LKHge6Cc28bGdvqmAAxPpSOA/viewform

06/03/2026

Wishing a Happy Pride Month to all our LGBTQIA+ dive buddies, freedivers, & mers out there! We love you all!

06/03/2026

Take action for the ocean as you explore the underwater world and remove harmful debris.

Learn how to safely collect and document marine pollution, contribute data to a global citizen science initiative, and dive with purpose as you help clean and protect the underwater world.

Earn the PADI AWARE Foundation Dive Against Debris certification, become a torchbearer, and advance one step close to Master Scuba Diver!

Sign up now! https://blueplanetdc.com/courses/padi-dive-against-debris

06/02/2026

The underwater world needs heroes! You can be one of them! Help us save some of the world’s most fragile and important aquatic ecosystems.

Earn your PADI AWARE Foundation Specialist certification, moving you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver.

Support marine conservation efforts - your registration includes a donation to the PADI AWARE Foundation.

Sign up now and get 50% OFF the PADI AWARE Specialty! It's the perfect way to learn, celebrate, and take your commitment to ocean protection to the next level.

https://blueplanetdc.com/courses/padi-aware-specialty

05/29/2026

This June 11–14, DC DOX Festival returns to Washington, DC for its fourth edition, bringing together 100+ new documentaries—including a powerful slate of films exploring our relationship to the natural world. From fragile ecosystems and disappearing landscapes to communities on the front lines of change, these stories capture the beauty, urgency, and complexity of life on Earth.

🎬 Screenings + filmmaker Q&As
📍 Downtown Washington, DC: Regal Gallery Place, Eaton Cinema, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company + more
🗓 June 11–14
🎟 $17

Featured films include:

✨ SUPER NATURE: A global love letter to the planet, shot on Super 8, celebrating connection across human and nonhuman worlds.
✨ THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2: A gripping portrait of mountaineers risking everything to attempt the first winter summit of K2.
✨ TIME AND WATER: An Icelandic writer reflects on vanishing glaciers, memory, and what we stand to lose.
✨ DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST: Two Indigenous mycologists in Mexico reimagine their future in a changing world.
✨ THE LAKE: Scientists race to prevent an environmental disaster in Utah.
✨ TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN: A mother and daughter defend their ancestral land from militarization.
✨ THE SIEGE OF PARADISE: Overtourism threatens the fragile balance of Cinque Terre.
✨ HARVEST: A farming family faces uncertainty as climate and economic pressures mount.
✨ THE ENDLESS FRONTIER: Scientists confront the future of research—and what’s at stake for all of us.

…plus a dynamic lineup of shorts across four programs.

Join us in experiencing bold nonfiction storytelling that asks how we live with—and protect—the world around us.

https://dcdoxfest.com/

05/27/2026

Free event alert! Purpose Guides Institute is hosting a live Zoom conversation with Craig Foster, the naturalist behind the Oscar-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher. Along with Rachael Duffy, he’ll be exploring what it means to connect deeply with the natural world.

Saturday, May 30th, 2026
9:00-10:30am PT / 12:00-1:30pm ET / 6:00-7:30pm CET
FREE (attend live or watch the recording)

Register: www.purposeguides.org/my-octopus-teacher

Don't miss this!

On May 30th, I'll be in conversation with Craig Foster about wildness, true belonging, and what becomes possible, individually, for our species, and for the world, when we remember we are nature? This is a rare opportunity to sit with one of the most compelling voices on wildness, belonging, and our relationship within the web of life.

Free. Open to all.
Saturday 30 May
9am PT / 12pm ET / 6pm CET
Online via Zoom
Register: https://www.purposeguides.org/my-octopus-teacher