Product Description 

The Project Hiu Stewart Series dive mask is a small to medium fit. The mask comes with two lens options, clear and a blue UV protective lens. The clear lens provides a real view water coloration, where the blue UV offers a slightly yellow polarised tint. Being an avid diver we recommend investing in the protection provided from the UV lenses as constant exposure to surface glare and sunlight can deteriorate eye health and result in possible benign or noncancerous growths call ptertygium.  

"I have been wearing my Project Hiu Stewart series mask for my last 12 dives now and am blown away with the quality and comfort. I also purchased a Project Hiu mask strap and can confirm and recommend, I have long hair and there was no worse feeling than salty hair being ripped out by my old silicon strap" - Lilly Hurbte (Customer)

Transparency 

A core goal that has been set from day one of starting Project Hiu was to be 100% transparent with Our Crew. Our team know all too well the feeling of blindly giving to an organisation hoping the intentions and actions are taken out as proposed. Our goal is to breakdown these barriers and invite you 'The Crew Member' along this journey. By purchasing a Project Hiu product or donating, you will be accepted into a community dedicated to updating via email and social platforms on annual goals, progression and benchmarks, you will also gain access to first hand interviews of community members their feedback on the impact Project Hiu and its Crew Members is having on their lives. Please refer to 'Join The Crew' section for further reference to  where we are investing your donation/ purchase funds.

Post purchase process:

1. You purchase/donate
2. We allocate funds towards annual impact goals (Refer to 'Join The Crew' for more...)
3. You receive constant updates on goal progress and community impact via email and social updates.

Empowerment & Responsibility

The intent and aim of this mask is to help raise awareness and financial aid and continue our projects mission; improve the health of our oceans, by starting with those responsible for its deterioration. By purchasing this product you become responsible for educating those in need of enlightenment on the severity of our oceans deteriorating state. 

What's My Actual Impact? 

Many shark fishermen in Indonesia depend on extremely volatile and dangerous income streams to provide for their families and loved ones. Today fishermen are forced to travel further and in some cases in illegal water to seek more prosperous grounds, this new threat of prosecution can be combated. By joining The Crew you will be assisting in the investment and acquisition of new 'sustainable income assets' such as; tourism, waste management programs, early learning to better equip the next generation for changing times and finally supporting the community during this transition by suppling food, clean water and any other financial burdens and malnourished necessities incurred from a history of volatile fishing and marine exploitation. (Refer to 'Join The Crew' for more...)

JOIN THE CREW - (WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY WILL YOU BE ON?)

Many shark fishermen in Indonesia depend on extremely volatile and dangerous income streams to provide for their families and loved ones. Today fishermen are forced to travel further and in some cases in illegal water to seek more prosperous grounds, this new threat of prosecution can be combated. By joining The Crew you will be assisting in the investment and acquisition of new 'sustainable income assets' such as; tourism, waste management programs, early learning to better equip the next generation for changing times and finally supporting the community during this transition by suppling food, clean water and any other financial burdens and malnourished necessities incurred from a history of volatile fishing and marine exploitation. 

WHAT ARE WE INVESTING IN? (YOUR IMPACT)

1) A sustainable tourism program, that allows local fishermen to acquire and re-purpose their assets (boats, crew, knowledge, rich biodiversity) to build new independent income streams.  

2) Currently locals have no waste initiative or infrastructure in place, resulting in (HIGH) threats of disease and sickness. Our Crew are investing in waste management programs that employ Xfishermen to collect, recycle and transport waste opposed to entering and being dumped in our oceans. We are also building the first 'toilet block' on the island.

3) Early learning; our crew are investing in a new preschool re-build and learning equipment and curriculums to better prepare future generation for change.

4) During Covid-19 transition has been difficult, by supporting, your allocation of funds will also go toward basic supplies like food (rice, noodles) that are deposited monthly to our community. 

Mask Size: Small/Medium 

• Extremely hydrodynamic and compact shape and a particularly wide lens, maintaining the mask extremely close to the face.

• Minimal internal volume with a phenomenal field of view due to the raked angle of the frame.

• The buckles are, as always, directly integrated into the rigid skirt through a solid but flexible rubber attachment that allows you to adjust and place the mouthpiece without shifting the mask.

• Matte coating prevents reflections in the water that may disturb marine life. 

• Perfect for free-diving provides diver with a feeling of total freedom and comfort.

Without an apex predator, i.e. sharks a marine ecosystem cannot sustain healthy balance and therefore results in disease spread and infection through fish populations, this inevitably transcends onto land and into our communities a loved ones. 

• The cost to prevent one shark from being finned is $7.70 AUD
• The average wage for a shark fishermen is $200 AUD per month or $50 per week
• A estimated 100,000,000 sharks are killed annually