Academic Treks - Academic Adventures & Community Service

Think summer…think Broadreach Caribbean! Our exhilarating island voyages are our most popular trips for a good reason.

Our days are filled with adventure, learning, new friends and exploration. Nothing can prepare you for the freedom of sailing and the thrill of scuba diving in turquoise blue water. Imagine gentle trade winds, world class diving, volcanic mountain peaks blanketed with rainforests, dolphins riding the bow waves, laughter and pure fun on the horizon. more »»

Visit 17th century forts, rainforest-filled craters and beautiful islands flavored with Dutch, British and French cultural influences. Our Caribbean adventures are the most comprehensive dive training and/or sail training programs for teenagers in the world. Depending on your experience and goals, you can earn scuba certifications ranging from beginner to the instructor level, study marine biology or focus on community service work. Whether it’s diving, sailing or wakeboarding, you learn one step at a time. In three weeks you’ll learn more than you imagined possible and your crewmates and leaders will feel like family.

Join us for the best summer ever on an island voyage you will never forget!

Think summer…think Broadreach Caribbean! Our exhilarating island voyages are our most popular trips for a good reason.

Our days are filled with adventure, learning, new friends and exploration. Nothing can prepare you for the freedom of sailing and the thrill of scuba diving in turquoise blue water. Imagine gentle trade winds, world class diving, volcanic mountain peaks blanketed with rainforests, dolphins riding the bow waves, laughter and pure fun on the horizon. Visit 17th century forts, rainforest-filled craters and beautiful islands flavored with Dutch, British and French cultural influences. Our Caribbean adventures are the most comprehensive dive training and/or sail training programs for teenagers in the world. Depending on your experience and goals, you can earn scuba certifications ranging from beginner to the instructor level, study marine biology or focus on community service work. Whether it’s diving, sailing or wakeboarding, you learn one step at a time. In three weeks you’ll learn more than you imagined possible and your crewmates and leaders will feel like family.

Join us for the best summer ever on an island voyage you will never forget! «« less

Perfect Adventure Playground
Dive-sail-explore
Once in a lifetime voyage
All experience levels
Adventure, Service, Marine Biology

read more » Matthias Mueller
Caribbean Course Director

Our leaders are the best you’ll find… One of Broadreach’s core strengths.

They are experiential educators and experts in their field from PhD’s to professional scuba instructors, Royal Yacht Masters and wilderness professionals. Each has a dedication to educational travel and a passion to lead, mentor and offer teens valuable insights into the world around them.

Meet Motts:
Motts will be one of your main contacts at Broadreach. He works full-time in the office during the year and in the Caribbean as a Course Director all summer. Originally from Switzerland, he grew up in New York and received a bachelor's degree in philosophy and another in math from Grinnell. He is currently working on a master’s degree at NC State in Raleigh. Motts has been sailing since he was four years old and has been a dive instructor since 1995. He has a long history with Broadreach, as he was a participant on the very first Broadreach trip called Umiak Voyage, and he interned on the same program the following year. Motts joined our summer staff a few years later in 1997 and has been instructing with us every summer since. Over the years, Motts has taught diving and sailing on the Underwater Discoveries, Underwater Discoveries Advanced, Grenadines Voyage, Adventures Down Under, Sinai Experience and the Fiji Vanuatu Quest programs.

«« show less Matthias Mueller
Caribbean Course Director

Our leaders are the best you’ll find… One of Broadreach’s core strengths. They are experiential educators and experts in their field from PhD’s to professional scuba instructors, Royal Yacht Masters and wilderness professionals. Each has a dedication to educational travel and a passion to lead, mentor and offer teens valuable insights into the world around them.

Meet Motts:
Motts will be one of your main contacts at Broadreach. He works full-time in the office during the year and in the Caribbean as a Course Director all summer. Originally from Switzerland, he grew up in New York and received a bachelor's degree in philosophy and another in math from Grinnell. He is currently working on a master’s degree at NC State in Raleigh. Motts has been sailing since he was four years old and has been a dive instructor since 1995. He has a long history with Broadreach, as he was a participant on the very first Broadreach trip called Umiak Voyage, and he interned on the same program the following year. Motts joined our summer staff a few years later in 1997 and has been instructing with us every summer since. Over the years, Motts has taught diving and sailing on the Underwater Discoveries, Underwater Discoveries Advanced, Grenadines Voyage, Adventures Down Under, Sinai Experience and the Fiji Vanuatu Quest programs.

Trip & Location	Starts	Days	TRIP FOCUS	Activities
Underwater Discoveries St. Martin, St. Barts, Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Statia	June 15 June 16 July 8 July 9 July 30 July 31	21 21 21 21 17 17	Introduction to sailing and scuba, Live-aboard, IYT sail training and PADI scuba certifications, No experience required	Sailing, Scuba, Water skiing, Wake boarding, Laser sailing, Island exploration,
BVI Adventure Voyage British Virgin Islands	June 16 July 9	21 21	Introduction to sailing and scuba, Live-aboard, IYT sail training and PADI scuba certifications, No experience required	Sailing, Scuba, Water skiing, Wake boarding, Island exploration
Underwater Discoveries Explorer St. Martin, St. Barts, Saba, Statia	June 10 June 25 July 10	14 14 14	Introduction to sailing and scuba, Live-aboard, IYT sail training and PADI scuba certifications, No experience required	Sailing, Scuba, Water skiing, Wake boarding, Laser sailing, Island exploration
Underwater Discoveries Advanced St. Martin, St. Barts, Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Statia	June 15 June 16 July 8 July 9 July 30 July 31	21 21 21 21 17 17	Live-aboard diving, IYT sail training, PADI advanced open water, Rescue Diver and specialty certification	Advanced Scuba, Intro to sailing, Watersports, Island Exploration,
Grenadines Voyage Grenada, Bequia, St. Vincent, St. Lucia	June 22 July 15	21 21	Live-aboard diving, Sailing, PADI advanced, Rescue and 5 specialty certifications, 30+ dives, Certified divers only	Advanced scuba, Sailing, Watersports, Island exploration, U/W photography,
Arc of the Caribbean 25 Islands from St. Martin to Trinidad	June 26	32	Live-aboard sail training, IYT certifications (International Yacht Crew, Radio Operator, Flotilla Skipper), Community service, Island exploration	Sail training, Laser sailing , Island adventure, Snorkeling, Discover scuba (optional)
Island Service Expedition Dominica, Guadeloupe, Isle de Saints	June 23 July 15	21 21	Caribbean cultural immersion, Community service (55+hrs), Tropical island exploration Academic Treks Division	Hiking, Snorkeling, Sailing, Homestay, Community service, College credit
Caribbean Marine Conservation St. Barts, Statia, Saba	June 12 July 7	22 22	Marine resource management and conservation, 10 days at ecolodge, 10-day live-aboard Academic Treks Division	Scuba, Marine biology, Community service (25+ hrs), Sailing, College credit
Marine Biology Voyage St. Martin, St. Barts, Saba, Statia	June 15 July 8	21 21	Hands-on marine biology for college credit, PADI scuba certifications, Live-aboard Academic Treks Division	Scuba, Marine biology, Island exploration, Sailing, Community service, College credit
Divemaster Intern Program St. Martin, St. Barts, Saba	June 13 June 15 July 6	24 21 24	Live-aboard Divemaster, Scuba instructor training course	Sailing, Scuba, Professional Divemaster, Scuba instructor training
Divemaster Program St. Martin, St. Barts, Saba	June 24 July 19	13 13	Live-aboard PADI Divemaster training course	Sailing, Scuba, Professional Divemaster training
Divemaster Plus Instructor St. Martin	July 19	27	PADI dive instructor training course	Scuba, Professional dive instructor training