by Site Admin | Aug 16, 2011 | Blogs, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
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...
by Site Admin | Jul 28, 2011 | Blogs, Education, In the Community
Thirty high school students from the Greater Middle Eastern and Western countries participated in Ocean for Life (OFL), a program to increase cultural understanding through ocean science, from July 14-26, 2011. The students studied at NOAA’s Channel Islands...
by Site Admin | Jun 10, 2011 | Blogs, CHOW
The SCUBAnauts took over Washington D.C. while visiting for Capitol Hill Ocean Week! The first night of the trip was spent conversing with Craig McLean of NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, as well as with Dr. Jane Lubcheno, the 1st Woman and 1st Diver...
by Site Admin | Jul 1, 2010 | Blogs, Summer Trips
Today was our first day of “regular” diving, even though we’ve already been diving for 2 days. We planned a 90 foot dive for the morning, a 60 foot dive right after lunch, and a 30 foot dive right before dinner.To start off the day our 90 foot dive...
by Site Admin | Jun 29, 2010 | Blogs, Summer Trips
The first dive today was at a world famous dive spot – Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef Atoll (seen in NASA satellite image to left). It’s an amazing geologic feature – a 400 foot deep hole in the lagoon of the atoll which averages about 40 feet deep....
by Site Admin | Jun 28, 2010 | Blogs, Summer Trips
After all the traveling yesterday, plus the fact that Belize doesn’t use daylights saving time and sunset arrived at 6:45, most of us went to bed around 8:30 or 9. And with the sun rising at 5, the whole crew was awake and ready for the day by about 6 am. I know...
