by Katie Shoultz | Jul 7, 2022 | coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Mote, Navigation, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
I never imagined a summer SCUBAnauts trip would completely change my life goals. In all honesty I was kind of nervous since I hadn’t met most of the other Nauts before departure day. But there’s something about scuba diving that brings people together! The group of 15...
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 | Jul 30, 2021 | Fish Surveys, Navigation, night dive, North Carolina, Scientific Diving, Sharks, Summer Trips
I recently joined SCUBAnauts International in January 2021 and received my Open Water Certification in April. I wanted to be in SCUBAnauts so that I could see marine life and learn about the science of the ocean. Other than the 4 dives for open water certification, I...
by Katie Shoultz | Jul 8, 2020 | Diving, Jupiter, Naui, Navigation, Sharks, Summer Trips, Uncategorized
Our first day in Jupiter, Florida began with a shore dive at the world renown dive site “Blue Heron Bridge.” First, we performed a few navigation exercises for the NAUI Master Diver course the majority of Nauts are taking. These exercises focused on compass...
