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Connecticut Scuba Academy

Nonprofit Educational Organization for Aquatic Sciences

AAUS Organizational member

Connecticut Scuba Academy

Nonprofit Educational Organization for Aquatic Sciences

AAUS Organizational member

About the Academy

Connecticut Scuba Academy is a nonprofit educational organization that provides unique vocational & educational opportunities in multiple aquatic sciences, research diving, and conservation. In addition, we partner with and offer training & Research opportunities to Nonprofits, Public & Private schools, Educational facilities, clubs, and after-school programs.

The Academy's AAUS scientific diving course is unique and hands-on; our programs are custom designed to complement the school or organization's curriculum with which we are partnered.

We have developed programs to give Secondary school students a head start by providing the opportunity to participate in Scientific research diving.

We provide the training and support that ensures your facility's ability to ramp up quickly and realize concrete improvements in safety, training, and research.

An estimated 50-80% of all life on earth is found under the ocean surface. The oceans contain 99% of the living space on the planet, yet a small number of industrialized countries lead Ocean sciences. However, collecting data and measuring the ocean's health should be global.

The Academy dedicates itself to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity that helps make it a great place to volunteer and a valuable member of the communities it serves.

If you know of an education-based organization that would benefit from or would like to partner with the Academy on specific or ongoing projects, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at Academy@ctscuba.org

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SDI

SDI was created in 1998 and grew out of the success of our sister company TDI, which specializes in the more advanced disciplines of dive training.

Both students and instructors have embraced the no nonsense approach that the SDI training system offers. We have streamlined the course materials to let students study the essential academics with an emphasis on practical diving skills learned in both the pool and open water environments.

TDI

This is the story of Technical Diving International. The largest technical diving agency in the world. Its courses and certifications are recognized everywhere as the gold standard by which others are measured

ERDI

ERDI President, Brian Carney and staff provide some insight into the most recognized public safety diver training agency in the world.

AAUS

The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) is a non-profit, self-regulating body dedicated to the establishment and maintenance of standards of practice for scientific diving with a mission of advancing and facilitating safe and productive scientific diving. The AAUS was officially chartered in California in 1983 by individuals and organizations involved in the effort to obtain the scientific diving exemption from OSHA commercial diving standards. In the years since, the AAUS has expanded from the original six organizational members to more than 140 organizational members, including international members, and over 2000 individual members.

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Divers Alert Network

DAN! champions of dive safety, advocating for best practices throughout the dive industry and empowering divers to make smart decisions on every adventure. We prepare and support the diving community through emergency response training, safety education, and engagement with the world’s leading experts.

We are researchers, exploring new areas of study as our community seeks to dive deeper, longer and in more remote locations. Divers continue to push the boundaries of our understanding of the underwater world and stretch the limits of human physiology, and we collaborate with esteemed scientists to ensure the safety of these pioneers. We are researchers, medics, and dive professionals who have come together with the singular mission of supporting the safe exploration of our underwater world.

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American Academy of Underwater Sciences

Connecticut Rivers Council Camp Workcoeman

American Academy of Underwater Sciences

Connecticut Scuba Academy is an Organizational member of AAUS

The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) mission is to advance and facilitate safe and productive scientific diving. AAUS has expanded from the original six organizational members to more than 130 organizational members and over 1100 individuals. Organizational membership includes colleges and universities, government agencies, museums, environmental and archaeological consulting firms, and community science groups sharing a common thread of diving as a research tool and a commitment to the health and safety of scientific divers. AAUS produces consensual standards for the training and certification of scientific divers and the operation of scientific diving programs, maintains statistics detailing scientific diving activities and incident rates, conducts annual symposia and topical workshops, and directly supports student research.

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The Sound School New Haven

Connecticut Rivers Council Camp Workcoeman

American Academy of Underwater Sciences

Connecticut Scuba Academy has been lucky enough to partner with this unique High school. The Sound School prepares students for college, careers, and life in a focused maritime environment. Coupled with rigorous academics and a dedicated faculty, we have become Connecticut’s premier aquaculture/agriculture science and technology education center (ASTE).

“Our kids perform professional tasks, present at professional conferences, and are often teaching others how to DO when they go off to college and work. Our students are using equipment often not touched until junior/senior year of college. Plus, how many high school kids get to build an ROV (remotely operated vehicle), a boat, or operate a 40 ton USCG certified vessel?”.

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Connecticut Rivers Council Camp Workcoeman

The Academy is pleased to offer our BSA scuba program at Camp Workcoeman.
Established in 1924, Camp Workcoeman's located in the hills of northwest Connecticut in scenic New Hartford and Barkhamsted. The camp consists of approximately 427 acres on the shore of beautiful West Hill Pond, possibly the cleanest in Connecticut., it is one of the oldest continuously operated Scout camps in the country. For 95 years, thousands of Scouts and Scouters have had unforgettable Scouting experiences at Camp Workcoeman. This fine tradition of Scouting continues today.

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West Marine's BlueFuture Fund

Connecticut Rivers Council Camp Workcoeman

West Marine’s BlueFuture

West Marine Inc. was founded in 1968 and has been a company for people who love the water, by people who love the water. Our associates and leadership are rooted in on-the-water lifestyles, from boating and sailing to fishing and paddlesports.

The BlueFuture fund was created in May 2015 to provide ongoing grant support to nonprofit, community-based organizations dedicated to getting more kids out on the water through boating, fishing, paddling, and marine science. This donor-advised fund is set up through the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz. All donations are fully tax-deductible, and every year, we award grants to worthy organizations around the country.

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Meriden YMCA

West Marine's BlueFuture Fund

Seagoing Solutions

The Meriden YMCA is a pivotal part of our programs and one of the locations we use for the majority of our training. In 2019 we joined with the Meriden YMCA to offer Scuba camp at their Mountain Mist camp center, and we are collaborating on a scuba club to run out of their main street location.
We look forward to growing our relationship with the Y and offering more educational and recreational activities for their members.

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Seagoing Solutions

West Marine's BlueFuture Fund

Seagoing Solutions

Seagoing Solutions and Capt Brian Gundaker have been with the Academy since our very beginning. Capt Brian is our southern director of operations and handles all of our southern trips to Pirates Cove Watersports located in Key Largo, Florida.
This is pivotal in our ability to operate year-round and offer special programs. Because of our unique partnership, we can offer educational programs on the reefs of southern Florida at reasonable prices for both students and adults.

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New England Dive

Since our conception, New England Dive center has been a steadfast supporter of the Academy. New England Dive has gone out of its way to support all our students and our educational programs. The Academy programs focus on Marine Sciences, conservation, and vocational training rather than the recreational training retail outlets excel in.

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Connecticut Scuba Academy

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