Ask an Aquanaut: Diving at Aquarius?
Zack Davison asks: What do your need for an everyday diver to dive the underwater habitat? I’ve been a diver for 3 years now, I’m a jr. open water, soon to be jr. recuse, and I’ve my jr. advance for 2 yaers now. Who do I need to contact about that? I think it would be an incredible sight to see and i could tell my science teacher about it.
Hi Zack!
Thanks so much for you interest in diving at Aquarius. We would love to be able to bring enthusiastic young divers like you to see Aquarius, but unfortunately for safety of our operations and research, we don’t regularly allow the public to dive at Aquarius. In fact, the Aquarius sits in a designated research-only zone within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to protect the Aquarius, our work, and the habitat and fish that our researchers are studying and for safety. For now, you will have to join us virtually on the web and watch for broadcasts that we will be doing later in the year…..keep up the diving and who knows maybe one day you can work with us or become an aquanaut doing science or developing new underwater technology.
Dr. Ellen Prager
Chief Scientist, Aquarius Reef Base
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