<p>My advice is to consider other majors, even outside of science if you have an interest there. Exploring the coral reefs is not a full-time job even for a research professor. You can explore to your heart’s content as a recreational SCUBA diver, and would probably derive more satisfaction by setting up your own saltwater reef tank aquarium at home. [Reef</a> aquarium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reef_aquarium]Reef”>Reef aquarium - Wikipedia) Marine biology is a wonderful hobby, but the realities of a career in marine biology are probably not what you hope and expect them to be.</p>