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Work With Us!
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is partnering with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation to look for a Regional Support Specialist and Research Support Specialist for Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Both positions are located in Savannah, Georgia. For more information about each role, check out the links below.
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Ocean Discovery Center Welcomes Field Trips and Group Tours!
The Gray's Reef Ocean Discovery Center has began offering field trips and group tours for 2026. The Center welcomed its first school group of the year in mid-January and it was a blast! After a guided interpretive walk with one of our Education and Outreach Specialist, the students put their marine science knowledge to the test and competed in a species identification scavenger hunt. Students identified over 20 native-Georgia species during this reef exploration and got to experience what being a sanctuary scientist is like. After their scavenger hunt, the students got to take a deeper dive with our virtual reality experience. It was amazing to get school groups back into the Center after a long renovation!
Interested in booking your own tour? You can find information about the types of tours we offer and how to begin the reservation process here.
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Students explore the wonders of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary with a guided interpretive tour. Photo: Danielle Oxman/NOAA
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Savannah School Celebrates Second Year Ocean Guardian School Achievement!
Local Savannah school Oglethorpe Charter was recognized for their achievement of Year 2 for the Ocean Guardian School (OGS) program. Over 200 students attended the recognition ceremony and OGS orientation provided by the local co-regional coordinator. The students are excited to continue working towards Year 3 of their project, stabilizing shorelines through oyster reef restoration in the salt marshes of Savannah. Oglethorpe Charter is only the second school in Georgia to reach their Year 2 recognition, and the first school in Savannah to do so! For more information about the Ocean Guardian School Program, please contact graysreef@noaa.gov.
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Co-regional coordinator, Mary Quinn, provides an overview of the Ocean Guardian School program to local students at Savannah’s Oglethorpe Charter school. Photo: Ben Wells/Oglethorpe Charter.
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Opening Celebration of the Gray's Reef Ocean Discovery Center: February 28th, 2026
We invite you to celebrate Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary's Ocean Discovery Center's new exhibits on February 28th from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (ET) at the Gray's Reef Ocean Discovery Center in Savannah, Georgia. Come view the newly reimagined, museum-quality exhibits and enjoy an exciting, family-friendly sustainability block part in the heart of downtown Savannah. Learn more about the event here.
The Gray's Reef Ocean Discovery Center is located at 340 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Georgia.
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