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...
by Cyndi Foisy | Aug 5, 2018 | Diving, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized, veteran
The 300th. Image 1 of 7 Today I got my three-hundredth dive. I have done over 120 dives with SCUBAnauts. I honestly only remember the dives that mean a lot personally to me. My most memorable dives are the ones I have done with my mom, my friends, and...
by Cyndi Foisy | Aug 5, 2018 | Blogs, coral reefs, Diving, Education, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
by Anton N., Naut-in-Training Our day started with an early morning as we headed down to Key West to dive the famous Vandenburg wreck. Unfortunately, our trip was cut short as swells were too big to reach the site. This made everyone a little...
by Cyndi Foisy | Aug 2, 2018 | coral reefs, Diving, Education, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
by Masternaut Mia F. Today Scubanauts dove in Western Sambo Ecological Reserve, a series of reefs near Key West. Like the Looe Key Reef that we have been diving for most of the week, Western Sambo Reef is a protected area in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary....
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,...
