by Katie Shoultz | Jun 6, 2022 | FGBNMS, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
When I woke up the morning of the oil rig dive, I wasn’t expecting much. It’s an oil rig, not a reef, it should be pretty dead under the waves right? Wrong. Soon after my giant stride into the water, I was shocked to see the vast expanse beneath me. This was my first...
by Talon Coons | Aug 7, 2019 | Blogs, Diving, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
From New SCUBAnaut to Senior I am a senior SCUBAnaut who went on the summer trip to the Texas Flower Gardens. This trip was also probably my last trip and dives with the program as I am aging out of it and am moving up to Gainesville for college at the...
by Jack Kramer | Aug 7, 2019 | Blogs, Diving, Education, FGBNMS, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, In the Community, Lionfish, Lionfish Removal, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Lionfish Are the Science of the Week Science is an important part of any SCUBAnauts International trip, but it was an especially integral part of the trip to the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) this August. During the planning for this trip,...
by Evana Foisy | Aug 6, 2019 | FGBNMS, Fish Identification, Fish Surveys, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Lionfish, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
[Show thumbnails] 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...
by Trent Williams | Aug 5, 2019 | Blogs, Diving, FGBNMS, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens, Uncategorized
The Last of Five Summer Trips SCUBAnauts have been busy this summer. We conducted research in the Florida Keys, Honduras, North Carolina, and advocated for our oceans in Washington, D.C. For the fifth and final summer trip of 2019, five other SCUBAnauts and I flew...
