by Katie Shoultz | Nov 24, 2021 | Blogs, Clean up, coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Diving, Education, Fish Identification, Mote, Navigation, Scientific Diving, Teens
In November, a group of ten nauts traveled from around Florida to Summerland Key for four days of diving– or at least of adventures! For our first day in the Keys, we spent the morning studying organism identifications. We were divided into two groups, one group...
by Katie Shoultz | May 25, 2021 | Coral Restoration Foundation, CPR, DAN, Divers Alert Network, Diving First Aid for Professional Divers, Education, First Aid, In the Community, Scientific Diving
Hi, my name is Steven and I’ve been in SCUBAnauts since September, 2020. Before I joined, I had my dive certification for about a year and had been on around 8 dives. Since becoming a SCUBAnaut, I’ve learned tons about marine science and diving, as well as been able...
by Katie Shoultz | Nov 19, 2020 | Blogs, Diving, Education, Jupiter, Teens
Earlier this week, we did the classroom portion of the PADI Sea Turtle Awareness Specialty Certification. We met Katie from the Loggerhead Marinelife Center who had a presentation for us which depicted a lot of new information about sea turtles that I had never heard...
by Katie Shoultz | Jul 15, 2020 | Education, Fish Identification, Fish Surveys, Jupiter, Lionfish, Naui, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
On July 10th 2020, during the worst pandemic in the history of my existence, I reached the milestone of 150 lifetime dives. Everything during the last four months has revolved around corona virus. I lost my prom, my senior breakfast, my commencement, and even my...
by Katie Shoultz | Apr 23, 2020 | Blogs, Diving, Education, night dive, Photogrammetry, Science, Scientific Diving, Teens
Over spring break in March, six nauts had the chance to participate in an underwater photogrammetry course taught by Protean Industries and hosted by Devil’s Den Prehistoric Spring in central Florida. The course lasted four days and included diving and topside...
by Katie Shoultz | Mar 3, 2020 | Blogs, CPR, DAN, Divers Alert Network, Diving First Aid for Professional Divers, Education, First Aid, O2 Training, Safety, Scientific Diving, Teens
Twice a year, members of all six Florida chapters convene for Diving First Aid Training in St Petersburg, FL. Nauts and parents participate in Divers Alert Network’s Diving First Aid for Professional Divers course which covers CPR, neurological assessment,...