No offshore work was done today. At low tide, GPS marking was done at China Rock. Unfortunately, this low tide was not as low as the low tide that coincided with the initial deployment of the nearshore instruments, which meant that most of the instruments were deeper underwater and harder to see. With no surface expression buoys marking the ADCPs, … Read More
Saturday Jun 18th: Foggy Morning to Beautiful Afternoon
Nearshore deployments None Offshore deployments X05a (9m), X06a (5m), A03a (6m), B08at (8m), E12a (7m) Deployment progress 32/32 near-shore instruments deployed 38/39 offshore instruments deployed 70/71 instruments deployed in total Boats were slightly delayed at the dock this morning due to heavy fog settling in around Monterey. Eventually the fog lifted slightly and the sun peaked in just enough to … Read More
Friday Jun 17th: A Productive Day Under Clear Skies
Offshore deployments X02t (19m), A02p (7m), A04p (5m), B11a (4m), C02p (5m), C03ap (3m), E01sp (9m), E02sp (8m), E05sp (9m), E06a (9m), E07sp (10m), E08sp (8m), E09sp (7m), E10sp (7m), E11sp (7m), E13sp (5m), D01ap (8m), D02ap (3m) Near-shore deployments A05p (4m), A07p (1m), B09p (6m), B13a (1m), B15a (1m), C04p (1m), C05p (1m), C06p (1m) Deployment progress 32/32 near-shore … Read More
Thursday Jun 16th: “Spicy” Conditions off Monterey Peninsula
Offshore deployments A01a (12m), C01a (12m), E03a (9m), E04a (9m) Near-shore deployments X07p (3m), X08p (1m), A06p (2m), B12p (2m), B14p (1m) Deployment progress 24/32 near-shore instruments deployed 14/39 offshore instruments deployed 38/71 instruments deployed in total Gray skies and windy weather greeted the rocky shoreline of Monterey on Thursday morning, making for rough deployment conditions. The shore team started … Read More
Wednesday Jun 15th: ROXSI deployments are a go!
Wednesday was the first day of deployment. Waves were 5.8 ft at 11 s from the 305° NW direction (from CDIP data on 6/15/22) and winds were moderate. Offshore deployments X01s (21m), X03s (17m), X04s (11m), B01s (33m), B02at (24m), B03s (20m), B04apt (19m), B05s (17m), B06apt (13m), ISPAR (24m) Near-shore deployments X09p (1m), X10p (1m), X11a (1m), X12p (1m), … Read More