by Sarah Vinson | May 15, 2017 | Blogs, Scientific Diving
This was the first dive of the season on the boat Moonshine. This was also my first saltwater dive because my checkout dives for getting certified were during a red tide and rough winds. The purpose of these dives was to do coral counts with something similar to a...
by Cyndi Foisy | Apr 8, 2017 | Education, Scientific Diving
At our SCUBAnauts International regional meeting today, we were lucky enough to add a new SCUBAnaut to the rank of Master Naut. Shaian B. presented her Masternaut project detailing the effect of plankton abundance on fish populations in an area. She studied samples of...
by Site Admin | Aug 21, 2016 | Blogs, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Shannon S. — Senior SCUBAnaut Second Class — AAUS D-30 They called me “The Ringer.” I hadn’t a clue how I stumbled upon that nickname because I had never split the dive sign before. In fact, for the past three years I wasn’t even close to...
by Site Admin | Aug 3, 2016 | Coral Transplant, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
19 SCUBAnauts and 9 adult leaders were in the Florida Keys for our annual summer trip with Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium and Combat Wounded Veterans’ Challenge. Below are updates, including daily posts from our nauts themselves! 7/17 Today,...
by Site Admin | Aug 3, 2016 | Education, In the News, Scientific Diving
Take a listen to the NAUI Worldwide podcast that our very own Katie Shoultz was featured in. Thanks Katie for being such a good representative for SCUBAnauts! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/naui-dive-team-report/id1074498745?mt=2&i=372812164 ...
by Site Admin | Jun 7, 2016 | Blogs, Education, Scientific Diving
Sarah V. — Tarpon Springs Chapter Naut-in-training I joined SCUBAnauts Intl. in September of 2015. After getting all of the paperwork in order I had to worry about passing the needed certifications to be able to dive with SCUBAnauts. In February I...
