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 Evana Foisy | Aug 6, 2019 | FGBNMS, Fish Identification, Fish Surveys, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Lionfish, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
Our Science Dive Profile For the final summer trip of 2019, five other senior nauts and I had the chance to go diving in the Texas Flower Garden Banks off of a Liveaboard for three days. The Flower Garden Banks is a National Marine Sanctuary 100 miles off the coast of...
by Diana P. Phillips | Jul 2, 2019 | coral reefs, Diving, Education, Fish Identification, Honduras, New College, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens, Uncategorized
Train of Thought Interrupted At 6:30 I woke up; silently I listened to tropical birds and stared at the mosquito net that was spread above my bed, wondering why I, of all the people in the world, got to be in this magnificent place. Eventually, my roommates’ nagging...
by Katie Shoultz | Jun 15, 2019 | Blogs, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Diving, Education, Fish Identification, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, veteran
Mission-Driven Trips In keeping with our mission to build character and leadership, SCUBAnauts International offers a wide variety of experiences, both in and out of the water, throughout the year. As a Dive Safety Officer and Chapter Scientist for many years, my...
by Cyndi Foisy | Oct 15, 2018 | Diving, Education, Fish Identification, In the Community, In the News, Science, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
By Sarah V., SCUBAnaut 2nd Class My first reef ball survey dives were earlier this year in July. I was briefed on the data that we were looking to collect and went to work.We conducted two types of survey. The first one eas a general roaming fish survey of any species...
by Cyndi Foisy | Sep 21, 2018 | Diving, Education, Fish Identification, Science, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
by Vivian F., Masternaut candidate Hello again! My Masternaut project has a lot of different parts to it, and each part has many different components. The main part of my project is the fish identification field guide, which was developed using SCUBAnaut divers in the...
