Programs

We provide hands on opportunities to learn the history and marine ecology of the Florida Panhandle through memorable and life-changing experiences for both area schools and the resident and visitor community.

Volunteers

We are always looking for people passionate about teaching the next generation. If you love kids and young adults, have an interest or background in science, and love to be outdoors, please provide us your information and check out our schedule for activities that you can help support us with.

Merchandise

Help support our mission with beautifully designed merchandise that you can tell the community about our work and help further our capability to bring more people on memorable adventures!

Emerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures

We provide hands-on opportunities to learn the history and marine ecology of the Florida Panhandle through memorable and life-changing experiences.

Our 5th graders had an amazing learning experience at Emerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures! They participated in hands-on, standards-based Science activities that were led by incredible volunteers. We enjoyed a beautiful hike on the nature trail too! We appreciate all you did to help make this such a great day for our students. Thank you!

Anna Hull

October 2024

Emerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures gave our 5th grade students the most wonderful outdoor hands-on learning experience at Camp Helen State Park. Students learned about coastal dune lake ecology while looking at zooplankton under microscopes, they observed invertebrates in touch tanks, used binoculars to observe and identify birds, and learned how to test the water quality. The volunteers were knowledgeable and very good with our students. Thank you for the amazing experience!

Kelley Hodges

October 2024

Our second graders had the best time on our field trip with Emerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures! Jon is so accommodating and made sure to provide the best experience for our kids! We definitely can't wait to use them again for future field trips!! Thank you so much!!

Kelsey Rutherford

October 2024

What we do

We bridge the gap between learned knowledge and applied experience, helping to ignite a passion for marine conservation and historic preservation.

Sparking a desire for learning is charged by memorable experiences brought by passionate educators.

We provide hands-on opportunities to learn about the history and marine ecology of the Florida Panhandle in a way that creates memorable, life-changing experiences.