As many people know by now, the Tarpon Springs Chapter’s summer trip to the Bahamas got cut short by Tropical Storm Emily. After our second day of diving on Wednesday, we all returned to our rooms to find notes on the door saying that our original departure date of Friday wasn’t going to work anymore. […]
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Science dives in the Bahamas
Our second day on the island and our first day of diving! Everyone went to bed really early last night after our looooong day of traveling. So we were all ready for breakfast at 7 am. Everyone, especially the teen-aged boys with endless appetites, is enjoying the buffet food. After eating bacon, french toast, cereal […]
First SNI Dive of the Year
The Tarpon Springs (TS) SCUBAnaut Chapter couldn’t have had a more beautiful day for their first dive of the season. As you can see from the pictures, the water was like glass and the visibility was great! We visited two patch reefs: Sofia’s Garden and Brooke’s Kitchen. Both are sites that were surveyed a few […]
Glover’s Reef Science Projects
Today is our last day on the island, since we leave at 6 am tomorrow in order to catch our plane back to the US. We had to squeeze in our last dive before noon because you should always leave 24 hours in between diving and flying. The excess nitrogen that we inhale from our […]