Planting the seed of our youth divers
Margo’s journey began with a simple seed planted by her father as she grew up exploring the waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. From her father’s fishing boat, she learned how to swim and befriend marine life much larger than herself,...
25 Years of Kids Sea Camp: An Ocean of Gratitude
25 years of business success didn’t happen overnight. From the shores of Provincetown, where the salty air mingled with dreams of far-off oceans, a young Margo Peyton grew, her heart tethered to the sea. Raised by a fisherman father and...
Kids Sea Camp magic: It’s not the destination; it’s the journey. Well, maybe not so much!
By Rod MacDonald, A Proud Canadian family, Kids Sea Camp Magic is a real thing, thank God! Now sit right down, and you will hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. Okay, this is not about seven castaways...
A Hall of Fame moment in time
A Cayman Islands Reunion: Witnessing a Legacy Unfold My recent trip to Grand Cayman marked a poignant return to a familiar island. While I’ve visited countless times over the past 40 years, this journey carried a different weight. Many of...
Family Dive Vacations with Kids Sea Camp is Always Our First Choice
By the Chapman Family When I first started dating my husband Mark, I remember one of our first dates and picking him up from Shaw’s Cove in Laguna Beach. The waves crashed against the shore as I waited for Mark to emerge...
Bound not just by blood but shared passions
The joy of becoming a scuba diver and a family of scuba divers. By Jennifer Yee Not long ago (2015, to be exact), my sister, Reagan, asked me if I wanted to go scuba diving in Fiji with her and...
Progressing with confidence and capability
By Quinn Ross Our experience with Kids Sea Camp has been nothing short of extraordinary. As a family that values travel and exploration, especially in connection with nature and the ocean, we sought something unique to foster a sense of...
“From singing to Lip Dubs a family I never expected to be a part of”.
By Jeff Sankoff I first fell in love with the undersea world when I was seven. OK, I am fudging that a little bit because I can’t remember precisely how little I was, only that I was very young and...
Mother leads her family to the sea
By Cathy Wakely I have always loved the sea. I would read about it, dream about it, and aspire to live beside it one day. “I can see the sea!!” shouts seven-year-old me from behind the car. It was the...
“Diving into Memories: The Danks Family’s Legacy with KSC”
Margo often says there are only 17 summers. She advises others to spend them wisely. Time is the only investment we continually make, yet we never know the balance in our account. The Danks family spends it wisely. August 2021, in...
From Rookie to Reef Master, A Journey of Self Discovery Joining the Ocean’s Tribe.
By Olivia Rapisand My journey started with a cold call to Tom Peyton It all started in 2016. Tom is the VP of a dive travel company, Kids Sea Camp Inc. I remember asking him if he was currently offering Belize...
“A safe place to dive as a family”
By Jessica Donnell My husband Doug and I have been scuba diving for the better part of 25 years. Before having kids, we enjoyed diving together in many dive destinations worldwide. Diving has always been a pleasant temporary escape from...
Margo Peyton’s Journey to becoming a diving pioneer
By Tom Peyton, husband and KSC Vice President Margo Peyton grew up in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a coastal haven with one of the most diverse marine environments in the US. Her father, Eddie Salvador, was a diver from the 1950s...
Dream Vacation: “From Arizona to Anse Chastanet: A Dream Dive Adventure”
By Heather Shell If you’re reading this, our family’s story may resonate with your own. My name is Heather Shell, and I’ve been a certified scuba diver for over 30 years. Thirteen years ago, when I met my husband, Andrew,...
A rare experience for children to witness
By Gigi Merlusca ”A magical gift of a baby turtle hatch at Anse Chastanet during Kids Sea Camp” It was the first night of Kids Sea Camp under the stars of St Lucia. Mother Nature gave us a magical welcome...
“Scuba diving was definitely not on my list.
Kids Sea Camp mom learns to dive at age 61 and logs 90 dives in 6 countries in two years By Betsy Meade Scuba Diving, no way! My husband, Doug, and I recently retired after raising our four children. We...
Finding a perfect place to dive as a family
By Kati Morris “Our only option for getting our kids certified to scuba dive was in the dark, kelp-filled, cold water.” Michael and I, Having both been raised in scuba diving families, could not wait until our son, Trey ,...
Far beyond any imaginable expectation for a dive vacation
By Josh Comay Komodo, As a seasoned diver, traveler, and photographer, I expect any liveaboard I book to provide delicious food and the opportunity to dive into the best diving a destination has to offer. With Arenui, my experience far exceeded any...
Counting Shaun the sheep at Kids Sea CAMP
Shaun the Sheep, a tiny sea slug, has been discovered. By Kewin Lorenzen Destination The Philippines with Sea Explorers, Amun ini, and Kids Sea Camp. Neither my wife nor I had ever been to the Philippines before. Margo and Tom...
From SASY to Divemaster with Kids Sea Camp
By Sophie Purdon For as long as I can remember, I have spent every summer traveling with Kids Sea Camp. I lived in Grand Cayman with my family for the first 10 years, when I started discovering the underwater world. My...
The Perfection of The Arenui
Just surrender and allow yourself to be served and experience The Arenui perfection.
Kids Sea Camp is one giant family reunion
By Beth Burkhard KSC is just one giant family! After a few trips, our family made friends from all over the world. Now, it’s like attending a big family reunion with people I feel like I’ve always known. The resorts...
The world’s First-Ever Jr. Dive Master did it with Kids Sea Camp
Becoming the world’s first-ever Jr. Dive Master has been on my radar for a few years, then COVID hit. And if there’s one thing everyone can agree on, 2020 had been a different year. Had I been writing this story...
Oh, the places we will go. . . diving. . . with Kids Sea Camp.
By David Head Big diving news from our household. Jake gained his Junior Open Water Certification two weekends ago. We knew Jake had an amazing time at Kids Sea Camp in St Lucia with Callistus Jackson and Keither Prospere participating instructors for...
Kids Sea Camp is a healing family experience
“Diving healed my family and it happened at Kids Sea Camp,” Lilly Blakey Lilly Blakey was only 8 when she attended her first Kids Sea Camp in Roatan in 2006. Her parents, Rob and Susan Blakey, loved diving and wanted...