Aquanauts - Club Info

In addition to just getting out and diving, the Aquanauts use their hobby for the betterment and support of their community. We actively recruit members at student events such as K-Day and the Spring Fling.

We also offer Discover Scuba a couple times a year both as a fund raiser and as an opportunity for people to try SCUBA diving with a certified instructor in Michigan Tech's pool for a minimal fee before spending substantially more for formal SCUBA training.

Each year the Aquanauts assist the City of Hancock with its Finnish winter festival, Heikinpaiva, by facilitating a polar bear plunge.

Every year the Aquanauts do a couple clean up dives. Some of these are cleanups organized by the club, others are organized by various groups who ask us to lend a hand. The aquanauts are always glad to help when ever possible. Typically, two groups of aquanauts are formed during these cleanups, a dive group and a surface support group. while the dive group collects rubbish in the water, the surface support helps by replacing full bags with empty ones and pull in the heavier objects. It is not uncommon to find tires, grills, and pipes, and many more interesting items in the water.