Nauts gather data from their recently deployed reef balls. They hope to find the reef balls teeming with life!
Having a Ball!
By Sarah V., SCUBAnaut 2nd Class My first reef ball survey dives were earlier this year in July. I was briefed on the data that we were looking to collect and went to work.We conducted two types of survey. The first one eas a general roaming fish survey of any species present near the reef […]
Making of a Masternaut, Part II
by Vivian F., Masternaut candidate Hello again! My Masternaut project has a lot of different parts to it, and each part has many different components. The main part of my project is the fish identification field guide, which was developed using SCUBAnaut divers in the Florida Keys. Each participating Naut did thirteen dives totaling about […]
The Making of a Masternaut
by Vivian F., Masternaut Candidate Hello, my name is Vivian, and I have been a SCUBAnaut since 2014. I am currently working on my Masternaut project, which is a conservation or science project that a naut develops and produces in order to move up to the SCUBAnaut rank of Masternaut. My project is focusing on […]
SCUBAnaut First Class Reaches 300 Dives on Summer Trip
Today I got my three-hundredth dive. I have done over 120 dives with SCUBAnauts. I honestly only remember the dives that mean a lot personally to me. My most memorable dives are the ones I have done with my mom, my friends, and combat wounded vets. I went on my first dive trip with my mom when I […]
For SCUBAnauts, Weather Not a Damper
by Anton N., Naut-in-Training Our day started with an early morning as we headed down to Key West to dive the famous Vandenburg wreck. Unfortunately, our trip was cut short as swells were too big to reach the site. This made everyone a little upset, but the adult leaders were quick to find […]