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 | Aug 1, 2018 | coral reefs, Coral Restoration Foundation, Coral Transplant, CRF, Education, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving
Recording proper data is critical. Image 1 of 5 by Markus B., SCUBAnaut 1st Class Our third day in the Keys at Mote Marine Laboratory, Wednesday, began with a slow start to the morning–most of us still tired from last night’s dives, but we were still fed,...
by Cyndi Foisy | Jul 30, 2018 | coral reefs, Diving, Education, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
by Cameron, Naut-in-Training Today marks our first dives of the SCUBAnauts International second summer trip to the Florida Keys! We started with reviewing our basic skills, (mask clearing, buddy breathing, and so on) and then moved on to practicing fish...
by Cyndi Foisy | Jul 23, 2018 | coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Mote, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, veteran
By Eli, Naut-in-Training This summer I went on my first summer trip with SCUBAnauts down in the Florida Keys to do a number of recreational and scientific dives. I also had the pleasure of working with Mote Marine Laboratories. My all time favorite part of the summer...
by Cyndi Foisy | Jul 18, 2018 | Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, coral reefs, Coral Transplant, In the Community, Mote, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, veteran
by Trevor R., 2nd Class Naut, Tarpon Chapter Hi, my name is Trevor. This is my second year going on the Scubanauts Summer Trip, and even though I’ve done this all before it has just gotten better. Spending time with the vets from Combat Wounded Veteran...
by Cyndi Foisy | Mar 18, 2018 | Blogs, Diving, Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote, palythoa, Science, Scientific Diving
The project started in 2015. During a SCUBAnauts trip down to the Florida Keys, fellow Naut, Kylie B., and I chose our own project on which to spend the week: Palythoa. After our checkout dives, we noted that Palythoa was incredibly abundant on the shallower reefs but...
