SCUBAnaut News
Newer Naut Gives Back
by Logan M., Naut-in-Training One year ago, I went to Youth Ocean Conservation Summit and saw a Scubanauts booth. My mom and I then asked what this club was, and they told us that it was a youth...
Having a Ball!
By Sarah V., SCUBAnaut 2nd Class My first reef ball survey dives were earlier this year in July. I was briefed on the data that we were looking to collect and went to work.We conducted two types of survey. The first one eas a general roaming fish survey of any species...
Making of a Masternaut, Part II
by Vivian F., Masternaut candidate Hello again! My Masternaut project has a lot of different parts to it, and each part has many different components. The main part of my project is the fish identification field guide, which was developed using SCUBAnaut divers in the...
The Making of a Masternaut
by Vivian F., Masternaut Candidate Hello, my name is Vivian, and I have been a SCUBAnaut since 2014. I am currently working on my Masternaut project, which is a conservation or science project that a naut develops and produces in order to move up to the SCUBAnaut rank...
SCUBAnaut First Class Reaches 300 Dives on Summer Trip
Today I got my three-hundredth dive. I have done over...
For SCUBAnauts, Weather Not a Damper
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...
SCUBAnaut Science Divers Practice the Art of Plan Flexibility
by Nolan M., Naut-in-Training Today Scubanauts went of the dock with Looe Key Dive Resort to do three scientific dives. The three selected sites required use of an anchor because no mooring buoys are available like the other sites we have visited. When the first mate...
Western Sambo and Looe Key Reef Cause Formation of New Hypothesis
by Masternaut Mia F. Today Scubanauts dove in Western Sambo Ecological Reserve, a series of reefs near Key West. Like the Looe Key Reef that we have been diving for most of the week, Western Sambo Reef is a protected area in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary....
Crazy Long, Crazy Fun Days of Science
by Markus B., SCUBAnaut 1st Class Our third day in the...
Sun’s Down, Fins Up!
by Emma Z., SCUBAnaut 2nd Class Today the SCUBAnauts did four dives for the second day in a row. The first two were day dives in which our three science groups took surveys of the fish and coral reef. All the groups were able to fix and modify their methodology, so...