by Cyndi Foisy | May 10, 2018 | Clean up, Gasp! Our Beads, Gasparilla, Green Diver Initiative, In the Community, In the News, Naui, Scientific Diving
Blog by Samantha B. On May 6, 2018, a small group of SCUBAnauts teamed up with NAUI Green Diver Initiative, Center for Open Exploration and many more groups to clean up the litter in the waters off Davis Island. Our main focus was the bead necklaces thrown into the...
by Cyndi Foisy | May 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
On April 14, 2018, a group of Scubanauts including myself, a troop of Boy Scouts, and many other volunteers from various organizations such as Hope, Hernando County, IFAS, and Sea Grant, deployed approximately 2,450 bags of oyster shells into Centipede Bay...
by Cyndi Foisy | Apr 5, 2018 | Beneath the Sea, Cristina Zenato, Education, In the News, Ocean Pals Training Grant, Valerie Taylor, Women Divers Hall of Fame
by Sophia R. A few months ago, I submitted a scholarship application to the Women Diver’s Hall of Fame. In February, I found out I had been awarded the Ocean Pals Training Grant and I was invited to attend Beneath the Sea in Secaucus, New Jersey from March 22nd to...
by Cyndi Foisy | Mar 18, 2018 | Blogs, Diving, Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote, palythoa, Science, Scientific Diving
The project started in 2015. During a SCUBAnauts trip down to the Florida Keys, fellow Naut, Kylie B., and I chose our own project on which to spend the week: Palythoa. After our checkout dives, we noted that Palythoa was incredibly abundant on the shallower reefs but...
by Katie Shoultz | Mar 14, 2018 | Blogs, Diving, Scientific Diving
I joined Scubanauts International (SNI) in January of 2018. I was a relatively inexperienced diver but had a passion for marine sciences and diving. SNI has allowed me to pursue a safe and engaging diving experience as well as empowering me to become a more proficient...