Every action that adds something to the catalogue earns points. Points push you up the cartographer tiers and unlock badges. Tiers also unlock responsibilities — Cartographer and above can verify community submissions.
Snorkeller (0) → Diver (100) → Navigator (500) → Cartographer (2 000) → Reef Steward (5 000). Each tier has its own perks; verification rights start at Navigator.
Logging a dive, adding a sighting, posting a photo on a site page, leaving a useful comment, suggesting a new site, reporting bad behaviour, contributing to editorial corrections. Point values are admin-tunable in the rewards engine; the live table is in the profile page.
Automatic badges fire on milestones (first sighting, five sites visited, etc.). Manual badges are granted by moderators for exceptional contributions — a curated batch is published with each edition.
Record 50 sightings.
Be the first to record a species at a site.
Record your first marine-life sighting.
Record 100 sightings.
Suggest a dive site that gets approved.
Record 10 sightings.
Contribute translations to the atlas.
Contribute approved photos with your sightings.
Log a night dive.
Verify your diving certification.
Log a dive on a wreck.
Log 100 dives — a true Red Sea regular.
Log 50 dives.
Log your first dive on Dive Plaza.
Log 10 dives.
Log 25 dives.
Recognised for outstanding community contributions.
Recognised for reef conservation or cleanup work.
An early member of the Dive Plaza community.
Spot 25 different species.
Sight 2 different marine mammals.
Spot 50 different species.
Spot 10 different species.
Sight 3 different pelagic species.
Sight 3 different ray species.
Sight 10 different reef-fish species.
Sight 3 different shark species.
Sight both Red Sea turtle species.
Sight 4 different venomous species.