The mission of SCUBAnauts International is to educate teens in the marine sciences, enabling them to make a positive impact on the environment and empowering them to become tomorrow’s leaders.

Reflections on Panama City, FL Summer Mission

“If I was given the opportunity to go on this trip all over again, I would pick up the opportunity in a heart beat.”

I Could Do a Hard Hit, Could You?

Heavy hits are the worst of the worst. They turn of your air rip your regulator out and tangle them take your mask off, undo the BCD buckles, and other issues.

From Mask Anxiety to Full Face Mask Diver

At first the idea of diving with full face masks terrified me. I was comfortable diving with a normal regulator and mask, as I'd been doing so for 3 years. So many problems came into my head. What if water started leaking into the mask and I couldn't get air? What if...

Rookie of the Year

Brain corals can grow to over six feet in diameter. I saw this for myself treating diseased coral in St. Croix this summer. The trip started at two in the morning at the airport where we made our way to the U.S. Virgin Islands. We arrived at Camp Howard where we...

6am Wake Up Call in St Croix

During the 2024 St Croix summer trip we did a handful of fish surveys and benthic dives. We did these dives to collect data for our science projects and to input it into the REEF database. To do our fish and benthic dives we all had to wake up between 6-8 in the...

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Naut-in-Training Explains Coral Outplanting

Naut-in-Training Explains Coral Outplanting

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...

SCUBAnaut Values Time Spent with Veterans Most of All

SCUBAnaut Values Time Spent with Veterans Most of All

  by Trevor R., 2nd Class Naut, Tarpon Chapter Hi, my name is Trevor. This is my second year going on the Scubanauts Summer Trip, and even though I’ve done this all before it has just gotten better. Spending time with the vets from Combat Wounded Veteran...

The Takeaway? Teens Make a Difference

The Takeaway? Teens Make a Difference

by Zack M., SCUBAnaut 1st Class This summer, I had the opportunity with 15 other SCUBAnauts to attend Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), the most important marine policy convention in the United States, located in Washington, D.C. The event focuses on marine, coastal,...

GaspOur Beads Clean up Inspires Thoughts of Change

GaspOur Beads Clean up Inspires Thoughts of Change

Blog by Samantha B. On May 6, 2018, a small group of SCUBAnauts teamed up with NAUI Green Diver Initiative, Center for Open Exploration and many more groups to clean up the litter in the waters off Davis Island. Our main focus was the bead necklaces thrown into the...

SCUBAnauts Construct Oyster Reef with Hernando County

SCUBAnauts Construct Oyster Reef with Hernando County

On April 14,  2018,  a group of Scubanauts including myself, a troop of Boy Scouts, and many other volunteers from various organizations such as Hope, Hernando County, IFAS, and Sea Grant, deployed approximately 2,450 bags of oyster shells into Centipede Bay...

Masternaut Mia Explains the Process, Provides Tips

Masternaut Mia Explains the Process, Provides Tips

The project started in 2015. During a SCUBAnauts trip down to the Florida Keys, fellow Naut, Kylie B., and I chose our own project on which to spend the week: Palythoa. After our checkout dives, we noted that Palythoa was incredibly abundant on the shallower reefs but...

New Naut Reflects on SLAM Training

New Naut Reflects on SLAM Training

I joined Scubanauts International (SNI) in January of 2018. I was a relatively inexperienced diver but had a passion for marine sciences and diving. SNI has allowed me to pursue a safe and engaging diving experience as well as empowering me to become a more proficient...