Yesterday, September 11th, the Kalipi crew got over the afternoon hump with the arrival of numerous slicks and red biological growth on the water surface. It did help us not want to jump into the water. The energy was high until the end of the day! Today, the Kalipi crew spent the day running surveys using the side-mounted ADCP … Read More
Flow Separation South of Pt Sal Today
As the Sally Ann and Sounder drove the box patterns, we first noticed that the flow just west of Pt Sal was to the south. Then to the south of the Pt running east into the bay were seeing strong surface slicks extending south offshore of Pt Sal indicative of flow separation. Below is a view north to the point … Read More
Nice photos of the Sally Ride today (12 Sept)
These photos were taken south east of Pt Sal in the bay looking out between Lion Rock on the left and Pt Sal on the right as the Sally Ride was coming in on a transect line.
Sounder transects near Pt Sal
Here’s an example of the persistent southerly flow and separation that we have seen the last few mornings with the Sounder and Sally Anne (SIO whaler) running ADCP transects around Pt Sal. Sally Ride is on this transect now, so we should soon see what this looks like during other phases of the tide.
IOP1 Day 2 Small Vessel Ops
Monday, Sep. 11 was the Feddersen group’s second day of small vessel transects and drifter deployments. After some early morning thunderstorm concern, the sky cleared up nicely and resulted in a productive day out on the water. For the second day in a row, the Sally Ann teamed up with the RV Sounder to run two transect paths around Point … Read More