Tuesday Jun 21st: Tricky GPS Marking of Instrument Locations

kpickGPS Marking

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

kpickDeployment, GPS Marking

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

kpickDeployment

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

kpickDeployment

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!

kjquinnDeployment

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