by Trent Williams | Jul 4, 2019 | Blogs, Diving, Education, Honduras, night dive, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Uncategorized
Picnic-Science Image 1 of 4 Dry science comes before wet science. Another Breakfast in Paradise On the fourth day of the trip to Honduras, it truly became ironic how the name of the islands directly opposed the paradise they actually where. I woke up to rolling waves...
by Emma Ziska | Jul 3, 2019 | Diving, Honduran Coral Reef Foundation, Honduras, Quadrat, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens, The Foundation
Balancing Ten Things On Cayos Cochinos we wake up in the morning to the chirping of birds, lapping of waves, and tanks clanging in preparation for the morning dives. This morning we continued our research dives at Steering Wheel key. The fish surveying team comprised...
by Diana P. Phillips | Jul 2, 2019 | coral reefs, Diving, Education, Fish Identification, Honduras, New College, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens, Uncategorized
Train of Thought Interrupted At 6:30 I woke up; silently I listened to tropical birds and stared at the mosquito net that was spread above my bed, wondering why I, of all the people in the world, got to be in this magnificent place. Eventually, my roommates’ nagging...
by Vivian Foisy | Jul 1, 2019 | coral reefs, Diving, Education, Honduras, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens, Uncategorized
[Show thumbnails] Honduras: Not a Quick Stop Our trip to Cayos Cochinos, Honduras, began early in the morning with a 4-hour drive to the Miami airport. We had two groups meeting there, one coming from Tampa, the other from Key West, driving from the SCUBAnauts’ annual...
by Wyatt B. | Jun 26, 2019 | Blogs, Diving, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
The Spooks Come Out at Night Dives I was excited to experience everything planned on the SCUBAnauts’ summer trip to the Florida Keys with the exception of the night dive. Every night the biggest vertical migration takes place and I wasn’t sure I wanted to...
by Emma Paliotta | Jun 23, 2019 | Blogs, coral reefs, Diving, Education, In the Community, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, SCTLD, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, Summer Trips
Start the Day Right! After a good night’s sleep, all the nauts woke up bright and early, bubbling with anticipation and excitement for the day ahead. Four dives were on the agenda, and everyone had prepared their gear the night before so that in the morning we could...
