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...
by Katie Shoultz | Jun 15, 2019 | Blogs, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Diving, Education, Fish Identification, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, veteran
Mission-Driven Trips In keeping with our mission to build character and leadership, SCUBAnauts International offers a wide variety of experiences, both in and out of the water, throughout the year. As a Dive Safety Officer and Chapter Scientist for many years, my...
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 | Jul 30, 2018 | coral reefs, Diving, Education, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
by Cameron, Naut-in-Training Today marks our first dives of the SCUBAnauts International second summer trip to the Florida Keys! We started with reviewing our basic skills, (mask clearing, buddy breathing, and so on) and then moved on to practicing fish...
by Cyndi Foisy | Jul 23, 2018 | coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Mote, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, veteran
By Eli, Naut-in-Training This summer I went on my first summer trip with SCUBAnauts down in the Florida Keys to do a number of recreational and scientific dives. I also had the pleasure of working with Mote Marine Laboratories. My all time favorite part of the summer...
