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...
by Site Admin | Jun 17, 2016 | Blogs, CHOW, In the Community
Some of our Nauts and adult leaders had the chance to go to Washington D.C. to attend Capitol Hill Ocean Week, sightsee, meet with Florida Representatives and talk to other Ocean oriented organizations. Here are a few thoughts about the week directly from the Nauts...
by Site Admin | Jun 7, 2016 | Blogs, Education, Scientific Diving
Sarah V. — Tarpon Springs Chapter Naut-in-training I joined SCUBAnauts Intl. in September of 2015. After getting all of the paperwork in order I had to worry about passing the needed certifications to be able to dive with SCUBAnauts. In February I...
