The Marine Studies program at Canterbury flourishes due to the Knowlton Campus location, where students can access the estuary and a living laboratory to explore. Proximity to Tampa Bay, Florida's largest open water estuary, and a host of environmental and scientific institutions gives our school unique access to community resources. Students and faculty benefit from Canterbury's relationships with:

• Cousteau Divers. Canterbury School is the only school in the world to be named a Cousteau Divers partner school.
• College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida
• Eckerd College
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Florida Wildlife Research Institute
• Tampa Bay Watch
• Tampa Bay Estuary Program, and many others.

These organizations provide curriculum materials, facilities, and scientific expertise to assist us in educating students and conducting research. The classroom experience expands into fieldwork, class trips, research projects, and interactive learning.

Canterbury is the first Cousteau Divers partner school in the world, as announced by Pierre-Yves Cousteau, son of legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau, in January 2012. Cousteau Divers is an international not-for-profit organization designed to increase student's awareness of the marine sciences through scientific programs that monitor and conserve marine biodiversity worldwide.

Pierre-Yves Cousteau maintains a role in the program and has flown from France to visit Canterbury several times to meet our students and faculty. In 2012, he went on a scuba dive with 14 Canterbury upper school students at the St. Pete Beach reef.

Today, students who are part of Scuba Crew 210 catalog and track biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico, create wildlife guidebooks for the Gulf, and monitor water quality through data loggers. They also take trips to the Bahamas and Honduras to study marine life in other locations.

At Canterbury, we foster a lifelong love for nature and environmental stewardship, beginning with our youngest learners at the Hough Campus. Through a diverse range of hands-on experiences, spanning from PK to Grade 4, students engage deeply with the environment. From immersive marine studies to collaborative Earth Day recycle art projects led by high school SEE Club members, sustainability and care for our planet are woven into our curriculum. Field trips to the Cousteau Center of Marine Studies and Tampa Bay Watch and initiatives like marsh grass cultivation instill a profound sense of responsibility towards the natural world. Moreover, our commitment extends beyond the classroom, as students embark on coastal cleanups and squid dissections at locations like Ft. DeSoto Park, empowering them to actively protect and preserve our planet for future generations.