by Katie Shoultz | May 22, 2021 | coral reefs, Science, Scientific Diving
The Savannah, GA Chapter of SCUBAnauts International launched in January with an open house event, and by April, new students were in the Keys participating in coral restoration as AAUS Scientific Divers-in-Training. The weather was a bit of a challenge, but these...
by Katie Shoultz | Mar 22, 2021 | Aruba, Blogs, Coral Restoration Foundation, Diving, Lionfish, Lionfish Removal, Scientific Diving, Teens
Members of the Morehead City, NC Chapter traveled to Aruba over spring break this year to collaborate with ScubbleBubbles, another youth organization based on the island. This trip was the first of its kind for SCUBAnauts, and planning it during a pandemic was not...
by Katie Shoultz | Aug 15, 2020 | Coral Transplant, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens, Uncategorized
In the midst of COVID-19, life goes on. The NC SCUBAnauts (that’s us!) planned a dive trip to prove this. (And also to put a toilet at the rock jetty. The usual.) We originally planned to have some of the Florida Nauts come up and dive with us, but seeing as Florida...
by Katie Shoultz | Jul 15, 2020 | Education, Fish Identification, Fish Surveys, Jupiter, Lionfish, Naui, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
On July 10th 2020, during the worst pandemic in the history of my existence, I reached the milestone of 150 lifetime dives. Everything during the last four months has revolved around corona virus. I lost my prom, my senior breakfast, my commencement, and even my...
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 | Apr 23, 2020 | Blogs, Diving, Education, night dive, Photogrammetry, Science, Scientific Diving, Teens
Over spring break in March, six nauts had the chance to participate in an underwater photogrammetry course taught by Protean Industries and hosted by Devil’s Den Prehistoric Spring in central Florida. The course lasted four days and included diving and topside...
