Absolutely do not send your child to this camp.
1.The marketing is a lie, it is not a marine science camp - it's a beach camp. No crab traps, fishing, fossils, bones, dissections or anything cool. It's playing games on a beach and the kids aren't allowed to even go into the water for relief.
2. The staff are not given adequate resources to meet expectations and they do their best but holy heck it's terrible. My kids are bored after one day. The staff reads curriculum out of a book but there is no real interaction with sea life other than putting minnows and crabs in a kiddie pool. This is for toddlers.
3. It is unsafe with no heat relief. No access to any facilities for heat or storms. The camp should have a plan for all of this but they don't. There are no lifeguards if not already on a guarded beach.
4. They say the kids are part of actual data collection but it's taking the pH level and some animal counts and given to one of the counselors and the kids barely interact with this data otherwise.
5. It says on the website that topics include chemistry, biology, engineering, geology, etc. Lies. The most exciting thing they did was build boats out of trash. There are no experiments, no special guests, nothing. They play ninja and play in the sand. The counselors have nothing to work with and I feel bad for them.
6. They charge you via PayPal if you're late even a minute to pick up your kid. Sketchy. PayPal??! The instructors awkwardly kick rocks and say they're sorry but they won't get paid unless I give them money with PayPal. Imagine a company not paying their employees to work.
What a disappointing and terrible place to spend money with no infrastructure or protocol for your kid. You're better off sending them to the YMCA where they can at least go inside to drink water when it's a hundred degrees or get a band aid. read more
