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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2016 DEW Foundation Donation

2016 DEW Foundation Donation

We are very excited to announce that SCUBAnauts International has recently received a generous $5,000 grant for the 2017 Annual Summer Trip from the DEW Foundation! Join us in thanking them for their generous donation that will help us continue to educate our youth in...

An Annual Tradition

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 hitting...

Summary of Our Summer Trip

Summary of Our Summer Trip

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, members of...

NAUI Podcast featuring SCUBAnauts

NAUI Podcast featuring SCUBAnauts

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    ...

A Look into the Legislative Branch  (Blogs)

A Look into the Legislative Branch (Blogs)

Shaian B. I had the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C. with SCUBAnauts Intl. for Capitol Hills Ocean Week for four days. During these four days we had a packed schedule consisting of meetings with senators and congressmen and women, also some sight seeing and of...

The More Political Side of Marine Science

The More Political Side of Marine Science

Some of our Nauts and adult leaders had the chance to go to Washington D.C. to attend Capitol Hill Ocean Week, sightsee, meet with Florida Representatives and talk to other Ocean oriented organizations. Here are a few thoughts about the week directly from the Nauts...

SLAM Blog

SLAM Blog

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 attended...

SCUBAnauts featured in NAUI Magazine

SCUBAnauts featured in NAUI Magazine

SCUBAnauts International is humbled and excited to have been featured in NAUI's Magazine. Go ahead and set aside a few minutes to read this article that so eloquently describes what SNI stands for and what it means to our Nauts. Here are a few quotes from the article...