by Katie Shoultz | May 30, 2022 | coral reefs, Mote, Scientific Diving, Teens, Uncategorized
Over Presidents’ Day Weekend, six Nauts traveled to the Keys to participate in coral restoration and new imaging methodologies. Here’s what Gabe had to say about the trip! Off we drove to the Keys, buzzing with the excitement and anticipation for the dives...
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 | Sep 30, 2021 | coral reefs, Diving, Fish Surveys, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, Teens
Walking around on the seafloor like a freshly minted astronaut. The bubbles from my regulator reminiscent of a peaceful fountain in a meditation room. Coming eye to eye with a hogfish as I fragmented and hung corals- both of us in awe of one another. All these...
by Katie Shoultz | Jun 22, 2021 | coral reefs, Diving, Fish Surveys, Mote, Scientific Diving, Sharks, Summer Trips, Teens
From clear visibility to amazing dive buddies with a lot of experience, SCUBAnauts International Summerland Key first dives 1-8 were amazing. This is my first summer trip with SCUBAnauts. They pair you in science groups so you have experienced divers helping with your...
by Katie Shoultz | Jun 25, 2020 | coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, SCTLD, Summer Trips, Teens, Uncategorized
The Keys are an extremely fun place to dive and explore. They are even more fun to do those things with SCUBAnauts International. Fortunately for me, this is my second trip with these wonderful divers. Since this is my second trip, I know more people and am much more...
by Katie Shoultz | Dec 29, 2019 | Blogs, coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Diving, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving
The November Keys trip was a very fun and exciting trip, not only because of the amazing dives we made, but also the fun times we spent together bonding. We completed half of the dives planned for the trip due to poor weather and sea conditions. For the dives that...
