by Cyndi Foisy | Jun 19, 2017 | Blogs, In the Community, In the News
On May 14, 2017, the USCG Air Station welcomed SCUBAnauts to tour their facility in St. Petersburg, Florida. The C-130 is a cargo plane. They are able to transport people, vehicles, supplies, and other cargo on the aircraft. On air drop missions, they drop the cargo...
by Sarah Vinson | May 15, 2017 | Blogs, Education, Scientific Diving
Being a part of SCUBAnauts International since my freshman year, I’ve had the opportunity to reach my fullest potential through the organization. I was able to achieve the highest rank in the program, becoming a Masternaut. I have over 100 dives, I am nitrox,...
by Sarah Vinson | May 15, 2017 | Blogs, Scientific Diving
This was the first dive of the season on the boat Moonshine. This was also my first saltwater dive because my checkout dives for getting certified were during a red tide and rough winds. The purpose of these dives was to do coral counts with something similar to a...
by Sarah Vinson | May 15, 2017 | Blogs, Education, In the Community
On October 22, 2016, the SCUBAnauts went to MarineQuest, which is a festival held at USF. There the nauts talked to hundreds of people about the program. Most of the conversation revolved around what we have done to help coral reefs in Florida, the fish surveys we do...
by Site Admin | Aug 21, 2016 | Blogs, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Shannon S. — Senior SCUBAnaut Second Class — AAUS D-30 They called me “The Ringer.” I hadn’t a clue how I stumbled upon that nickname because I had never split the dive sign before. In fact, for the past three years I wasn’t even close to...
by Site Admin | Jun 19, 2016 | Blogs, CHOW, In the Community
Shaian B. I had the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C. with SCUBAnauts Intl. for Capitol Hills Ocean Week for four days. During these four days we had a packed schedule consisting of meetings with senators and congressmen and women, also some sight seeing and of...
